A MOTHER has spoke of her anger after the man who caused her son's death in a road accident reapplied for his driving licence.

Stephen Robinson was jailed for two-and-a-half years in 2002 and banned from driving for five years after he was found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving.

Two-year-old Dylan Taylor, of Northallerton, North Yorkshire, had been strapped in a child seat in the back of a Peugeot 106 when it crashed head-on with Robinson's Ford Transit. Dylan died six days later from his injuries.

The accident happened on the A168 Thirsk to Northallerton road, near the Thornton-le-Beans junction.

Robinson, a self-employed plumber, of Dene Grove, Darlington, appeared at Teesside Crown Court on Monday to apply for his disqualification to be lifted two years early.

But the hearing was adjourned because papers were not ready and the victim's family had not been consulted over the application.

Yesterday, Dylan's mother, Kelly Bull, 25, of Northallerton, was furious about the request.

She said: "He should think about what he's done and stick to what he was given by the court. I think five years was the minimum he should have lost his licence for. It's beyond a joke that he's applying for it again - I don't feel we've got any justice."

Mrs Bull has made a statement to police ahead of the next hearing, on November 7.