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'Shame on you': Mother of Alyssa Davis has harsh words for accused in street racing case

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There was delay and disappointment Tuesday as the family and friends of Alyssa Davis were back in court to hear the latest in the case against the 17-year-old girl driving the vehicle that Davis was killed in last December.

The matter was set over until Aug. 23 and Alyssa's mother Sherree Davis says she is disappointed no plea was entered to charges of dangerous driving causing death, and street racing causing death.

"Hoping to get a resolution, to hopefully get a guilty plea," Davis said outside the courtroom.

"It's tiring, coming back and forth waiting to hear any news — just more disappointment."

Davis was emotional and had harsh words for the girl who was driving the vehicle when it went out of control and crashed.

"I should never have allowed her [Alyssa] to get in the car … Shame on you, shame on you. If I could say your name right now, I would scream it to the world that you killed my daughter," she said.

"Regardless of what circumstances evolved that night, you are responsible for every person that was in your vehicle," she said. "I hope you grieve forever and I hope you hurt forever."

Davis said the 17-year-old accused, one of two teens charged after the accident, is responsible for the pain suffered by not just her family but the community as well.

She said the stress and emotion of the court proceedings is making her family closer, however.

"It's bringing us together a little more because we all want the same outcome, but at the same time everybody is stressed," said Davis.

"Everybody is dealing with their own pain, their own anger … we're just trying to hang in there for Alyssa and for each other."

Second teen pleads guilty

A second girl, also 17, pleaded guilty to dangerous operation of a motor vehicle on July 19, while the Crown withdrew a street racing charge.

Neither of the accused can be named because they are under 18.

Following a Royal Newfoundland Constabulary investigation, the Crown had initially argued that two vehicles — one full of passengers, including Davis — had been racing on Peacekeepers Way when one of the drivers lost control.

Sherree Davis also voiced her disappointment when that charge was dropped.

"We will keep fighting for Alyssa," she said.