The family of a three-year-old boy who was crushed to death by a runaway trailer have criticised a judge after a delivery driver escaped a jail term.
Freddie Hussey suffered fatal injuries when he was pinned against a wall as he walked home from buying a birthday card for his grandfather with his mother Donna.
Driver Tony Davies, 38, had failed to ensure a 1.7-ton trailer was correctly attached to his Land Rover Defender.
He was sentenced to 200 hours' community service at Bristol Crown Court on Thursday and was banned from driving for six months.
In court, Freddie's father Scott said Judge Geoffrey Mercer QC's sentence was a "f****** joke" and called Davies a "f****** t***".
Donna Hussey shouted: "I hope you rot in hell. You are scum. He was a beautiful little boy."
The court heard the trailer came loose from Davies' Land Rover on Parson Street in Bedminster on 27 January last year.
Prosecutor Anna Vigars said Freddie had been walking behind his mother, playing in puddles, when the accident happened.
The trailer, a portable cabin, detached from the vehicle, travelled up to 12 car lengths before mounting a pavement and crushing the toddler against a wall and a telegraph pole.
A passing lorry driver tried to resuscitate Freddie, but he died shortly afterwards at Bristol Children's Hospital.
The court heard the handbrake lever on the trailer was in the wrong place, which caused it to come loose.
At a previous hearing, Davies, of Hallen, Bristol, pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving. He denied the more serious charge of causing death by dangerous driving.
Adam Vaitilingam QC, defending, said the accident had left his client "a shell".
He said: "The consequence of the accident is too awful to contemplate but his culpability is at the lowest level it could be.
"He has accepted responsibility for the death of this young child. It is not something he will be forgiven for but he will not forgive himself either."
Passing sentence, Judge Mercer said: "The grief of his parents and those that knew and loved him, the loss to them is beyond words.
"The terrible consequences of your carelessness are a factor to be taken into account in determining the sentence."
Davies, who has qualified as a HGV driver since Freddie's death, did not comment as he left court.
His solicitor Tim Hayden said afterwards: "Mr Davies doesn't regard this outcome in any way something to be celebrated and his feelings all the way through have been for the family and the loss they have suffered.
"Ever since this accident, he has effectively been withdrawn and the shell of a man he once was previously and that will continue because the circumstances of this child's death have not altered as a result of the hearing that has taken place today."
Speaking after the sentencing, Freddie's parents said in a statement: "Our son has been taken away from us, and we will never have the opportunity to see Freddie grow and have his own life.
"No sentence will ever reflect the enormous loss and devastation we as a family have suffered. We have to find a way to live with this, but we're relieved the court process is now over."
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