The father of a pregnant Midland teacher killed in a car crash, has claimed justice failed his family after the man accused of causing her death was allowed to flee the country. As an international hunt for refugee Ratnam Yogan continued yesterday, Bill Peaty, from Uttoxeter in Staffordshire, criticised the "hopeless" legal system for not confiscating his passport when he was bailed. Deborah Peaty suffered fatal injuries in a pile-up on the A5 near Potterspury, Northamptonshire, last October. Her Vauxhall Corsa was in collision with a BMW allegedly driven by Yogan. The 26-year-old teacher, who had moved to Daventry, Northants, was 30 weeks pregnant and her daughter Charlotte Louise was later delivered by emergency Caesarean but pronounced dead shortly after she was named. "The entire system is just a farce as far as I'm concerned," Mr Peaty told The Post last night. "Firstly this man was allowed out on bail and then he was allowed to keep his passport. "I am absolutely disgusted and have seen the court system for what it is hopeless. As far as I'm concerned the courts are guilty of gross negligence. "This has brought it all back to us and has turned our grief to anger. We are simply disgusted and I find it hard to express how angry I am." Police have launched a massive manhunt across Europe to find Yogan (29) who they believe could have fled the country. Mr Peaty said he and the police had expressed their concern that Yogan had not been forced to surrender his travel documents as part of his bail conditions. Yogan, an asylum seeker who had been given permission to remain in Britain two months before the crash, had been awaiting trial charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving, but failed to appear before a judge at Northampton Crown Court last Tuesday. An emotional Mr Peaty said his daughter had wanted to be a teacher since she was a little girl growing up in Uttoxeter and had taken summer jobs at Alton Towers to help pay her way through university. She studied at De Montford University in Leicester before moving to Daventry. A statement from her partner, Jason Leach, said: "Our worst fears have now been realised as, to be honest, we always suspected they would be." Police said Yogan, a Sri Lankan national who had been living in Ruskin Avenue, Manor Park, east London, was believed to have fled the UK and officers were working with Interpol to trace him. He had been on bail ahead of the planned pre-trial hearing, but a bench warrant for his arrest was issued by Judge Charles Wide QC when he failed to appear. Detectives had believed Yogan was in London, where he has family, or in Leicester, where he has friends at local universities, but inquiries in the two cities have been called off. Officers said investigations had revealed that the suspect, who is a Tamil, was in Germany last week and inquiries are thought to be continuing across Europe. A second suspect involved in the case has also skipped bail. Pushparajah Sinnappayal (25) of Ragdale Road, Leicester, had been ordered to report daily to police in the city but has not been seen since he appeared at Northampton Crown Court last Tuesday. Sinnappayal is charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice in connection with the deaths and police are trying to trace him. | 
