Kirsty Sawyer was flung from the car crash wreckage

Kirsty Sawyer was just 18 months old when she was flung from the window of the family hatchback as career criminal Ian Carr ploughed into the car in a stolen vehicle.

Her sister Rebecca died in the crash.

Carr, 27, who had 89 previous convictions, was jailed for nine-and-a-half years in January, after admitting causing death by dangerous driving.

Kirsty has now returned to the family home in Ashington, Northumberland, according to her grandmother, Linda Sawyer.

The crash, which happened in Ashington, left Kirsty critically ill with serious head injuries.

She spent 12 weeks recovering in Newcastle General Hospital, with her parents scarcely leaving her bedside.

Mrs Sawyer said Kirsty will undergo continuing physiotherapy and will return to hospital in April for treatment on her arm, which she was unable to move after the crash.

Meanwhile it has emerged that the passengers, who had been in the stolen Astra Carr had been driving, will face no further action, following advice from the Crown Prosecution Service.

Carr and his passengers had been returning from a night out when the crash happened.