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The mother of a young man whose life has been 'ruined' by a brain injury suffered in a horror crash told the speeding driver who caused it 'I forgive you' in court.
Maison Green, 26, was on his way back from the gym when Gary Tomlinson, 51, who had been drinking, undertook and ploughed into him at more than twice the speed limit.
Tomlinson then 'left him for dead' and fled the scene in Collyhurst, north Manchester, going to a party where he carried on drinking before eventually being arrested in the early hours.
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Previously independent and hard-working Maison, who was not expected to survive the smash, suffered 'permanent and irreversible' damage and now requires round-the-clock care in what a judge described as a 'living nightmare' for him and his family.
However, in a deeply moving scene at Manchester Crown Court, Mr Green's mother told Tomlinson that she did not believe he had set out to hurt her son.
During her victim impact statement from the witness box in court, Madeline Brodie, turned to him and said: "I just want to tell you, that we forgive you."
Tomlinson sobbed in the dock and shouted "I'm so sorry" as Miss Brodie continued: "I believe you didn't set out that day to intentionally hurt our boy.
"I just want you to learn from your actions. It's ruined our lives and Maison's so please don't make the same mistake again.
"The only thing that we're struggling to forgive you for is leaving him. Just please learn from this."
The judge said it was the most 'dignified and magnanimous' statement he had ever heard in a courtroom.
The crash happened at around 8pm on the evening of Thursday, October 22, 2020.
Maison was driving his BMW along Rochdale Road in the right hand of two lanes.
As he approached the
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