Manchester City youth player jailed for killing two in car crash

A Manchester City youth player wept in court as he was jailed for 16 months for killing a brother and sister while speeding in his Mercedes.

Courtney Meppen-Walter (18) was at the wheel of his grandfather’s “high-powered” Mercedes C220 saloon and doing nearly double the 30mph speed limit when he hit a Nissan Micra emerging from a side street, Manchester Crown Court heard.

The Nissan driver, Kulwant Singh (32), from Salford, and his sister, front-seat passenger Ravel Kaur (37), from Cheetham Hill, Manchester, were both killed.

Moments earlier, the defendant had been “jockeying” and “playing games” with a friend in a VW Golf along a nearby dual carriageway.

After the crash, a witness told police: “That’s what you get when you mess around on roads.”

Meppen-Walter got out of his car and tried to help the injured, waving his arms and saying: “What have I done?”

The defendant, who was also the captain of the England Under-18 side and played 17 times for his country, will serve half his sentence – eight months – in custody but may be released earlier on an electronic tag.