A Land Rover boss who smashed his 4x4 into a car during a road rage chase, paralysing two young sisters, has been jailed for four-and-a-half years.
Katrina and Karlina Raiba, now aged eight and six, suffered spinal injuries in the crash on the A509 in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire.
Northampton Crown Court heard that Jaguar Land Rover manager Andrew Nay was "bullying" a woman driving a Mazda people carrier before the accident.
Footage played in court showed Nay pulling right across a junction in his Land Rover Discovery into the path of the victims' Vauxhall Signum.
He admitted four counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving but denied chasing the Mazda before the crash in October last year.
Judge Adrienne Lucking QC said: "This was a prolonged, persistent and deliberate course of very bad driving.
"No sentence I can pass will ever feel like enough for this family."
Addressing Nay, she said: "You maintained an account that was incredible and inconsistent."
Karlina and Katrina's parents, Roberts Raibais and Renate Raiba, also suffered broken bones in the crash.
The court heard their lives had been changed "200%".
Prosecutor Matthew Howcliffe said: "The family have been required to make changes to their lives and their lifestyle.
"Despite what has happened, both girls are making good progress."
Mr Howcliffe added that the family were required to move home to new accommodation adapted to their needs.
Marcus Kraehling-Smith, mitigating for Nay, of Harrier Close, Corby, said his client was "truly remorseful".
Reading a letter from 39-year-old Nay, Mr Kraehling-Smith said: "I am truly sorry for all the hurt, pain and devastation that I have caused to Mr Raibais, his wife and children.
"Never did I intend to cause the accident, to cause so much pain and upset. It upsets me greatly knowing that I have.
"I wake up knowing what I have done and hate myself. I wish I could change things.
"I know these words do nothing to help but I am truly sorry for everything."
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