ShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleLucy ManningSpecial correspondentSelana Lau's familyNuria Sajjad and Selena LauThe driver of the car which crashed into the grounds of a south-west London school in 2023 killing two eight-year-old school girls has been charged by prosecutors.
Claire Freemantle drove the Land Rover that went through the railings of The Study Prep school in Wimbledon as pupils and their parents were celebrating the last day of term on the lawn.
Selena Lau and Nuria Sajjad were killed and others were injured.
Freemantle was charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving and seven offences of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
In a statement the girls' parents said they were one step closer to finding out why their children died.
When the Metropolitan Police carried out its first investigation, it ended in June 2024, with the driver Freemantle facing no charges as prosecutors said she had had an undiagnosed epileptic seizure.
She expressed deepest sorrow but said she had no recollection of what happened.
The parents of the girls complained that the Met Police had carried out a "flawed investigation" and later in 2024 the force reopened its investigation and said a number of lines of enquiry required further examination.
Freemantle was re-arrested in January 2025 on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.
Police watchdog the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is investigating 11 Metropolitan Police officers for their handling of the initial inquiry into the crash including four serving officers and one former detective constable who are being investigated for possible gross misconduct.
Now nearly three years after their children were killed the parents of the girls will be able to see the woman who drove the car in court. They have always said they just wanted answers as to why their daughters were killed.
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