Michael Ricardo Robinson, 31 (mugshot) was travelling at 55mph in a 20mph zone when he crashed into Taylor Schofield, 11, on January 12
A hit-and-run driver who had been banned from the roads three times before he struck down and killed a young boy has been jailed for more than six years.
Michael Ricardo Robinson, 31, was travelling at 55mph in a 20mph zone when he crashed into Taylor Schofield, 11, on January 12.
Taylor was crossing the road with his mountain bike just a few streets away from his mother's house in Beswick, Manchester, when he was hit.
'Cowardly' Robinson fled the scene, near Manchester's Ethiad Stadium, but later handed himself into police.
After pleading guilty to causing death by dangerous driving at Manchester Crown Court it emerged he had been disqualified from driving three times before the crash that claimed Taylor's life.
He was today handed six years and eight in prison.
The father-of-one was banned from driving for two years as a youth in September 2004 after he chased another vehicle before he rammed it.
He also received an eight-month detention and training order for the offences of dangerous driving, assault and affray.
Robinson was back before the courts in 2006 for another motoring offence when he drove a quad bike on a public road in a dangerous manner while disqualified.
He was sentenced to a community order and given another two-year driving ban.
Taylor Schofield (pictured) was crossing the road with his mountain bike just a few streets away from his mother's house in Beswick, Manchester, when he was hit on January 12
In April 2017 he was disqualified for a third time for driving while under the influence of drugs and was handed a 12-month ban and a fine.
Passing sentence on Wednesday, Judge Martin Walsh said those previous offences further aggravated his culpability.
He told Robinson: 'I want to make the self-evident point that nothing that this court can do will put right the wrong that has been done and it should be understood that
