As Mockble, aged 21, began a life sentence, they said they now had to try to rebuild their lives without their son. Mr Priest, aged 26, of New Oscott, was mown down and killed by a Volkswagen Golf driven by Mockble, of Robin Hood Lane, Hall Green.

He had been walking in Aston Hall Road near Villa Park after watching Aston Villa beat Birmingham City 5-1 on April 20. The