Killer of PC Dave Phillips weeps as his widow gives emotional court statement

PC Phillips had two children with his wife Jen at the time of his death

PC Dave Phillips with wife Jen and their two daughters, Abigail (left) and Sophie (Merseyside Police)

The teenager who killed PC Dave Phillips in a hit-and-run attack wept as the officer's widow told a court about how his death had affected her life.

Clayton Williams, 19, was found guilty of manslaughter for killing the 34-year-old policeman and sentenced to 20 years in prison at Manchester Crown Court.

The incident happened while Williams was trying to escape from police in a stolen truck on Wallasey Dock Lik Road in Merseyside.

His widow and mother of his two children, Jen Phillips told Williams in court: "I want you to know what you've done to me and my daughters.

"Tears flow as I cry myself to sleep every night. It's soul destroying.

The court decided Williams did not intend to kill or seriously injure the officer (Facebook)

"I have to be strong for the sake of my children. How do I do that, when the children cry for their daddy?"

As Williams wiped away tears, the 29-year-old widow continued: "I and the children are the ones living a life sentence. He not only killed my husband, he's killed something inside me too.

"If hell was real, I'm certainly living in it.

Photo issued by Merseyside Police taken from the Jen Phillips photography tribute to her late husband PC Dave Phillips (PA)

"Even now I close my eyes and pray this is all a horrible nightmare. I'm living my worst nightmare."

Williams will begin his sentence in a Young Offenders' Institution because of his age before being moved to a jail.