The family of Harry Parker will have to wait longer than expected to find out if the case against the woman accused of killing him will be dropped or not. 

The 14-year-old died on Akers Way on the morning of November 25 2022, when he was struck by a car that is said not to have stopped just days before his 15th birthday,

Ivy Mwangi, from Redhouse, appeared at Swindon Magistrates earlier this year, charged with causing death by careless driving, causing death by driving while unlicensed and causing death by driving while uninsured in relation to this incident. 

Mwangi, a carer, was arrested in November 2022 shortly after the incident and was charged in March 2024 just over a year and a half later. 

She initially pleaded not guilty to causing death by dangerous driving at Swindon Magistrates Court, and she then pleaded guilty to driving without a licence at a later Crown Court hearing, but did not enter a plea to the other two charges - meaning there would be a trial next year.

Ivy Mwangi leaving Swindon Crown Court with her face coveredIvy Mwangi leaving Swindon Crown Court with her face covered (Image: Newsquest) But in a further case hearing in August, it was revealed that Mwangi's defence counsel Mr Simmons, represented by Ms Blackband, had raised several legal arguments arguing for the case to be dismissed. 

As a result, Judge Jason Taylor KC agreed to a hearing on September 27, where the legal argument from the defence will be heard, the prosecution will have its say and then the judge will make a ruling on whether or not the case should proceed. 

At the time, Judge Taylor warned Harry's parents and siblings, who were in attendance for the hearing, that whoever was presiding over the case on that day might not make a decision there and then. 

However, the scheduled hearing due to take place on September 27 was adjourned and will now take place on December 6, 2024. 

This leaves Harry Parker's family having to wait a further three months to learn what will happen next, and it takes the length of time that criminal proceedings into their sons death to over two years after it happened. 

"We can't move on, we can't move back, we're stuck, we're in limbo and there's nothing we can do about it," they had previously told the paper about the length of time. 

It is not yet known what argument Mwangi's defence counsel might make for the case should be dismissed. 

A trial is already listed for February 24, 2025.