The family of a student seriously injured by brothers racing each other around Sandbanks has appealed against their 'lenient' suspended sentences.
Harrison Taylor, 19, and his brother, Henry, 21, hit speeds of up to 90mph as they darted around the millionaires' playground in Poole, Dorset in a Mercedes A200 and a BMW 135i, bought by their parents to help them get over their divorce.
After a crash which left passenger Mia Savage, 17, with a series of life-changing injuries when she became trapped and crumpled inside the Mercedes, the pair dodged jail time after pleading guilty to causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
The injured teen's mother, Karen Bulgarelli, has now hit out at the verdict which was passed down due to the brothers' previous good character and young ages.
'They have ruined three people's lives but they are all clapping each other on the back that they're walking out,' she said.
The family added in a statement: 'On Monday January 12, Mia's family commenced the process of appealing the sentence handed down by Judge Pawson last week.'
They said the Crown Prosecution Service requested the file from the barrister in court last week and will review it for an appeal.
It will be up to the Attorney General's Office to decide if the case should be referred to the Court of Appeal, which can increase the sentence.
CCTV footage shows brothers Harrison and Henry race at hair-raising speeds before crashing and leaving Mia with life changing injuries
Ms Bulgarelli was watching on as her daughter had to be cut free from the wreckage by emergency services and quickly airlifted to hospital after she rushed to the scene of the crash.
Mia's injuries included a shattered left femur, a tear in the inner layer of her aorta, a fractured neck, broken arm, eight broken ribs as well as severe internal bleeding due to a severed spleen, split diaphragm and liver laceration.
After the crash, the Clayesmore School student underwent complex surgery and was placed in an induced coma for a week. She also missed out on her chosen university due to lesser grades after missing school because of her recovery.
In her victim impact statement, Ms Bulgarelli, who is a lawyer, said: 'When the parents of Mia's friends came to wake me up I believed I would be driving her home and the accident was a small shunt. What awaited me at the scene was a parent's worst nightmare.
'The police were not letting anyone near the car but allowed me through when I explained I was Mia's mum.
'I remember seeing Mia's five other friends standing by the road. At that point my heart stopped as I realised she was still in the car.'
As she sat on a wall 20ft from the smash, Ms Bulgarelli admitted she did not know if her daughter would survive.
She added: 'I was alone, I hadn't been able to get hold of Mia's father.'
'The police kept me updated - her legs were trapped and she was struggling to breathe. They told me to prepare myself, her injuries were very serious and life-threatening.
'Every time they came to update me I was expecting them to say they had lost her. Thankfully that did not happen.
'At the hospital I wanted to give her a kiss before she went into surgery, the doctors told me it would be traumatic to see her. There were about ten doctors and nurses around her and what I saw was shocking.'
Ms Bulgarelli also described the 'shock' of seeing her beloved daughter undergo hours of surgery, revealing her damaged organs 'were pushed up into her chest cavity'.
'Every surgery was critical. It's quite incredible what the teams did that saved her life that day,' she said.
'Mia is a very determined young lady. Against every odds she survived but still has a long road of recovery. She cannot talk about the accident; she shuts down completely.'
CCTV footage previously showed the Taylor brothers speed along 30mph roads as a VW Polo, driven by Reuben Smith whose father works for Mercedes F1, struggled to keep up with the two speeding luxury cars at around 1am on Boxing Day 2023.
And just seconds later, Harrison who was going 'pedal to the metal', lost control of his car and collided with a gatepost outside a multi-million pound mansion.
Further footage before the crash shows the brothers dart along 30mph roads as a third VW Polo struggled to keep up with the luxury cars purchased by the Taylors' parents.
The BMW driven by Henry then ploughed into the back of Harrison’s car sending it flying forwards into a garden wall.
Harrison and Henry had been at a property nearby Canford Cliffs Road with four other friends when they decided to ride around the affluent neighbourhood in three vehicles, Bournemouth Crown Court previously heard.
Initially Mia went to get into the Polo driven by Reuben but switched to the Mercedes after Harrison shouted, ‘don’t leave me on my own.’
The group later set off in convoy but the Polo struggled to keep up with the other two cars which were travelling between 80 to 90mph on the 30mph road.
And just moments later, Harrison, who works as a property consultant for an estate agents, lost control of his Mercedes and crashed.
'I wish every day that I had stayed in the car with Reuben and not joined Harrison,' Mia said in a victim impact statement.
At the scene, Harrison told police that he clipped the curb, collided with a wall and blanked out.
Meanwhile, Henry, who is a barber, claimed he was unable to dodge his brother’s car while coming around the corner, at a speed he estimated to be around 35mph - a statement which would later be dismissed as ‘nonsense’ by the judge.
The crash, which involved a BMW 135i and a Mercedes A200, left Mia with life changing injuries after her legs became stuck in the wreckage (Pictured: the scene of the crash)
The court heard the brothers had also been breath tested at the scene and were negative for drugs and alcohol.
Mia Savage said she suffers flashbacks and was diagnosed with PTSD, underwent months of physiotherapy, and has also been left with permanent visible scarring.
She said they had been a close group of friends before the accident, but some of those friendships had 'completely broken down'.
Guy Ladenburg, defending Henry, said their misfortune was 'purely their own fault' and it was 'tragic' the path Mia's life had taken because of their actions.
Judge Robert Pawson told the brothers they were idiots, selfish and immature and were lucky Mia had not died.
He remarked that the siblings would be facing more than a decade if the young woman had died.
Judge Pawson also said whoever had bought the immature brothers the cars with 300 and 150 horsepower showed a 'distinct lack of foresight'.
'Boxing Day two years ago was a defining moment in the life of Mia Savage, a blameless young woman,' he said.
'You two, then aged 17 and 19, driving cars far too powerful for your experience or ability, you are not victims.
'You have potentially ruined another human being's life with your actions, selfishness and immaturity.'
'Any parent couldn't help but shudder to imagine the scene Mia's mother arrived to discover.'
'Why did that all happen? Because you two were driving those idiotically overpowered cars and decided to race each other.'
'Harrison, a few seconds prior to impact your foot was pressed 100 per cent, pedal to the metal, between 80-90mph. You're an idiot. Cases like this have no winners, only losers.'
He described the impact on Ms Savage as 'appalling' and the fallout of their actions as 'staggering stupidity and selfishness'.
The judge also hit out at the brothers lack of courage and honour for not admitting what they did sooner.
However because of their age, guilty pleas and previous good character the brothers were given an 18-month suspended sentence.
They were also banned from driving for three years and both given a 14-month tagged curfew between 8pm and 6am.