Family of road accident victim welcome harsher punishment

The family of a jogger who was killed in a road accident five years ago have welcomed a “harsher” punishment for the driver, handed down on appeal, but admitted they could not yet forgive him. Flanked by her brother Darren Formosa and her mother Nikolina, Alison Sant’ Angelo spoke about her father Emmanuel – the “great man” they lost in an accident that wrecked their lives – and the pain they face every day. Mr Formosa, a 59-year-old family man and fitness fanatic, died in January 2008 while on his regular jog in Mosta when Kevin Ellul, 29, sent him flying over a rubble wall. The driver was on the wrong side of Durumblat Road and hit Mr Formosa from behind. In 2010, a magistrate gave Mr Ellul a three-year jail sentence suspended for three and suspended his driving licence for a year. The magistrate took into account the fact that the victim was wearing black. However, on Tuesday, after an appeal filed by both the Attorney General and Mr Ellul, Mr Justice David Scicluna converted the sentence to two years in prison, suspended for four, and added a two-year supervision order. Mr Ellul was not found guilty of drink driving and both courts said there could have been a number of...