Overview
- Caernarfon Crown Court jailed Kaylem Longhurst for 14 months in a young offenders’ institution, with his mother Terry Follows given 26 months, Shane Hunt 21 months, and sister Cara Haran nine months.
- Longhurst was 16 when his off-road motorbike hit five-year-old Arlo Buckley on Central Drive in Shotton, leaving the child critically injured as the rider ran off.
- Jurors heard his relatives burned his clothes, hid the bike in an alley, and drove him to York to keep him from police.
- Longhurst admitted dangerous driving and riding without a licence, insurance or adequate eyesight, and a jury also found him guilty of perverting the course of justice after he denied that charge.
- Arlo suffered skull fractures and now faces a risk of seizures after months of treatment, and North Wales Police credited public tip-offs and a focused manhunt for the evidence that secured the convictions.