Giuletta Galli-Atkinson with a placard of her daughter Livia, who died in a car crash

Around 200 people attended a march organised by the family of tragic teenager Livia Galli-Atkinson to support tougher sentences for killer motorists.

Livia's mother, Giulietta, said: "We thought it went quite well considering we didn't have much time to prepare."

It is only three weeks since local dentist Sudhaker Seghal was fined £2,000 and banned from driving for five years after his Mercedes mounted the pavement and killed 16-year-old Livia in Windmill Hill last January.

The march was led by Enfield Southgate MP Stephen Twigg, and the foreman of the Old Bailey jury also attended.

Afterwards, there was a short service at the Townhouse in London Road.

Mrs Galli-Atkinson said: "We actually want to make sure that the government takes this on board sooner rather than later. They're not taking this thing seriously enough."

The family are still collecting signatures for their petition, which already has several thousand signatures.

They also hope to organise a bigger march in Hyde Park in six months time. "There's a momementum now of an irritated and concerned public. We're carrying this through and we have six months ahead of us to take this to London."

Just before the road safety march started at 11am, a police motorcyclist came off her bike as it skidded into a fence by Chase Green, Windmill Hill. No-one else was involved

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