A DAD who drowned his daughter and tried to kill his son by driving into a Worcestershire river has been locked up for life.

Christopher Grady must serve a minimum of 15 years in prison for the murder of Gabby Grady, five, and the attempted murder of her brother Ryan, who was six when the incident happened in February 2010.

Their 43-year-old father was convicted by a jury at Birmingham Crown Court last week after a harrowing trial which heard he plunged his car – with the children inside – into the Avon at Evesham after speeding away from their horrified mum.

The court was told that witnesses who saw the car heading through a field before launching itself towards the water heard the screams of the children in the moments before impact.

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