Driver's sentence delayed

Flowers left at the scene where the boys were hit

A man who killed two Ipswich schoolboys when his car mounted a pavement will have to wait to find out his sentence.

Zulfcar Ali, of Boyton Road, Ipswich, pleaded guilty in October to the manslaughter of Scott Towler and Dean Bloomfield, both 15.

Ali was high on cocaine, heroin and prescribtion drugs when his car clipped a lorry and mounted the pavement, crushing the two boys and injuring Dean's girlfriend.

Ali was due to be sentenced at Ipswich Crown Court on Thursday, but the court heard that psychiatric reports had yet to be completed.

At Ipswich Crown Court, Judge John Devaux said he would be requiring an explanation from Chelmsford Prison, where Ali is currently being held, as to why the process had been delayed.

Ali is now expected to be sentenced late next month.