A joyrider has been jailed for eight years after crashing a stolen car which caused the death of a teenager from south Wales.

Jason Maynard from Swansea admitted driving the car which careered into a roundabout between Penllergaer and Gorseinon.

The car crashed into this roundabout in Swansea

Sharlene Banfield, 15, from Morriston, and her friend Amy Williams, 13, from Loughor, who were travelling in the back, were flung from the rear windscreen.

Ms Banfield died in hospital two days after being thrown from the car on 22 March.

Her friend was also critically injured in the crash.

Maynard, who has convictions for 117 previous offences, admitted causing death by dangerous driving.

The 21-year-old was sentenced to a total of eight years in prison.

CCTV captured the car speeding

The judge at Swansea Crown Court ordered the father-of-two to serve seven years for the charge relating to Miss Banfield's death and for three offences of stealing a car and dangerous driving.

He was ordered to serve another year for an offence of burglary the night after the tragedy.

As he was led from the court he shouted: "Don't worry, I'll be out sooner," to his family.

The court heard how Maynard, and two friends - Thomas Howlett, 20, and Terrence Thomas, 21 - picked up the two girls after stealing the red Ford Orion and sped towards the roundabout.

Maynard lost control of the car as he overtook another vehicle.

Speeding car

Security guards working in Penllergaer Car Sales witnessed the crash and described seeing the two girls being thrown from the car.

Ms Banfield's mother Christine wept as CCTV images which captured the speeding car minutes before the crash were shown in court.

All three men ran from the scene, leaving the injured girls lying on the side of the road.

Howlett hired a taxi home, while Maynard and Thomas stole another car to flee the area.

Howlett of Portmead, Swansea was sent to a young offenders institution for 18 months after admitting allowing himself to be carried in a stolen car.

Thomas, of no fixed address and the only one without previous convictions, was given six months in a young offenders institution for the same offence.

Ms Banfield's uncle Paul D'Urso said after the hearing: "We are happy that they have all been given severe custodial sentences and we are gratified they are all off the road.

"But even if Maynard serves all his eight years Sharlene would only have been 23 when he gets out and he will still have all his life before him."