THE GREIVING family of a young man killed by a drunk Bulgarian lorry driver near Selby have taken their fight for tougher sentencing to the House of Commons.

Nineteen-year-old old Callum Wark, from Swillington near Leeds, died when his Renault Clio was hit by a lorry on the A1246 near Fairburn, in March this year.

The lorry was being driven by Bulgarian Stoyan Andonov Stoyanov, who was three times the legal drink drive limit at the time.

After pleading guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and drink driving, Stoyanov was sentenced to seven years in prison and handed a 10 year UK driving ban.

On Wednesday, Elmet and Rothwell MP Alec Shelbrooke used a debate in the Commons to highlight Callum's case and ask Justice Secretary Andrew Selous for a change in the law to create a minimum sentences for people who cause death by dangerous driving, and to push the EU to make sure that UK driving bans apply across Europe.

Mr Shelbrooke said: "He [Stoyanov] was jailed for just seven years, but is likely to serve only half that sentence, and was banned from driving in the UK for 10 years. Let me put that in context. In 2024, when Callum should have been celebrating his 30th birthday—perhaps with a family of his own, and a good career—his killer could be driving on UK roads again, enjoying all the freedoms of life that his reckless actions took away from Callum."

The MP also read a statement from Callum's parents, Robert and Joanne Wark, which said their lives were meaningless and had no future after the loss of their only child.