Mother faces jail for son missing school when his father died

When Kris Jarvis was killed by a drink driver, his son Adam was left shattered.

He didn’t want to go to school, and hated leaving his mum’s side.

But now mum Tracey Fidler could be sent to prison because of his poor school attendance record, after the reason for his absences were deemed unacceptable.

Kris was 39 when he died last February, after being hit by drunk driver Alexander Walter at 70mph.

His colleage John Morland, 30, also died at the scene in Purley on Thames, Berkshire.

Tracey is being prosecuted by Reading Borough Council – the same authority Kris, her fiancee, worked for.

She told The Sunday Times: ‘After the crash my youngest child, Adam, was in bits.

‘He didn’t want to leave me because he thought if he did I wouldn’t be there when he came back.’

Adam had a 45 per cent attendance record at his primary school.

Tracey said: ‘They want to put me in prison. I just can’t believe it because Adam is now thinking he is going to lose his mum. He has already lost his dad.’

More than 4,000 people have signed a petition calling for action against her to be dropped.

A spokesman for Reading council told The Sunday Times that it was going to speak to the family to ‘urgently finding a resolution’.

Tracey will find out on October 9 if she’s going to prison.

-Uk Metro