Teenagers killed as man showed off modified car

The collision on the A457 Oldbury Road, at about 23:30 GMT, also seriously hurt Ethan Kilburn, 21, and Ebonie Parkes, 20, who are still recovering from their injuries, police said.

Al Maamoury’s two adult sons were in the car at the time of the crash.

Street racers had been using the section of the road between roundabouts to perform circuits at the time, West Midlands Police said, with hundreds of people watching.

Prosecutor Michelle Heeley KC said the car, imported from Japan, had been modified so the exhaust would spit fire and had a turbo engine fitted.

She said Al Maamoury had been driving at speeds of up to 57mph on the 40mph road.

The crash was not because he was driving too fast, but he was accelerating excessively, she said.

“As he booted it, the back end of his car lost traction with the road and he then began to head towards the central reservation. He tried to overcorrect and lost control.”

Damian Corfield, Ben’s father, said his son had been “struck down on the pavement where he should have been safe”.

He said: “The son we had waited for, for so long, was gone forever.”

Liberty’s mother Tracy Charris paid tribute to her “larger than life” daughter who was a “force to be reckoned with”.

She said: “I had always wanted a little girl and from the moment she was born.”