I helped jail my killer brother - now I'm terrified he'll come looking for me

The sister of a killer who slammed his car seat into a toddler has spoken of her terror after he was released early from jail.

Samantha Dawson gave evidence in court against her brother Stephen Waterson - who reversed his electronic car seat onto three-year-old Alfie Lamb as he sat at his mother's feet in the footwell.

Samantha, 35, now fears for her own safety after her brother’s release.

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She has slammed the authorities for failing to notify her that he was getting out.

“Stephen should both be serving life in my opinion,” she says.

“He took a child's life, and he should pay for it. In court, I gave evidence against him, and I knew I was taking a risk but I wanted to do the right thing.

“Imagine my horror when I read in the press this morning that he had been released early. I feel absolutely sick.

“The police and prison system didn't even have the decency to let me know. I have no idea of the terms of his licence or if he is allowed to come near me.

Single mum of five Samantha gave evidence at the trial of her brother Waterson and Alfie’s mum, Adrian Hoare.

Samantha says: “I am now living in fear, for myself and for my children. I worry that he will come looking for me."

Waterson, then 26, was jailed for manslaughter in November 2019 for seven and half years after rushing the toddler by reversing an electronic car seat into him in his Audi convertible.

Alfie was sitting at his mother's feet in the footwell behind, The Mirror reports.

The child began crying and choking , but his mother told him to "shut up" before Waterson put the seat forward again.

By the time they arrived at Waterson's home in Croydon, south London, Alfie had collapsed and stopped breathing.

He died at St Thomas' Hospital in South