KG MENTESH 080116

Mentesh Da Silva, who was charged with causing the death of his girlfriend by careless driving at Maidstone Magistrates Court. See SWNS story SWGLOAT; A teenager who killed his girlfriend in a car crash has angered her family by apparently shrugging off her death, saying “s**t happens”. Mentesh Da Silva, 19, crashed his black Renault Clio into a tree, killing 18-year-old Emily Laker, after a witness said he appeared to be racing. He was spared jail when his eight-month prison sentence was suspended after he admitted causing her death by careless driving. Da Silva, of Teynham, Kent, has now angered her grieving family further by apparently making light of Emily’s death.