A schoolboy joyrider who flung a Streatham dad-of-four to his death after stealing his car was named and shamed today after being locked up for six years.

Daniel Llewellyn Heath was just 16 when he sped away in the Honda Civic with owner Ken Hong, 38, sprawled across the bonnet clinging to the windscreen wipers.

The victim was tossed into the air 'like a rag doll' as the teen swerved round a corner and suffered fatal head injuries as he tumbled to the ground.

Mr Hong's widow Lan Hong, who was pregnant with their fourth child when he died, has now been left to bring up their children alone.

Heath, now 17, was under a supervision order and a curfew at the time following two previous car thefts.

He was convicted of manslaughter earlier this month at the Old Bailey after jurors cleared him of murder.

A court order had prevented him being identified because of his age but Judge Ann Goddard QC agreed to lift the restriction.

The judge told him: "You have now accepted you knew Mr Hong had fallen off but you did not stop to care for him or see if he was injured but continued to drive.

"A measure of your attitude is that you intended to sell the car.

"He was a decent hardworking man so his wife has been deprived of a husband and now has to bring up four children deprived of a father's love and support.

"No sentence can assuage their grief."

Charity worker

Mr Hong, who lived with his wife and children in Abercairn Road, Streatham Vale was well-respected as a community charity worker for Lambeth Council.

On June 17 last year, he left the engine running with his car keys in the ignition while he popped back into his home before heading to work.

Heath, who had two previous convictions for taking vehicles without consent in March 2007, decided to seize the chance to steal the vehicle.

Prosecutor Mark Dennis QC said the 'opportunist' thief ignored Mr Hong's desperate screams of 'my car!'.

"He saw to his alarm a young man in the act of stealing his car from outside his house. Mr Hong ran into the street and to the front of the car," said Mr Dennis.

"The would-be car thief obviously showed no intention of breaking off his attempt to steal the car, so Mr Hong flung himself spread-eagled across the bonnet of the vehicle.

"Undeterred, the young driver accelerated forward in a determined effort to drive off.

"Mr Hong was unable to gain a firm hold nor was he able to get off the car safely and out of danger, and he was simply thrown from the bonnet as the driver accelerated at speed round a left hand corner in to a side road and away.

Mr Hong landed across the road with his head striking the tarmac with considerable force, causing severe head injuries and immediately rendering him unconscious.

He fell into a coma and died from his injuries three days later, on June 20 last year.

His car was found locked up and abandoned in Mitcham, two days later.

DNA on steering wheel

Heath, who was then living at the Conquest hostel in Conyers Road, Streatham, was picked up by police in August after traces of his DNA were found on the steering wheel.

Giving evidence, he claimed he had bought the car from a black man and had no idea it had been involved in the killing.

He has since written a letter to the judge accepting he was the driver and that he knew Mr Hong had fallen off the bonnet as he turned the corner at up to 17mph.

No emotion

Heath, formerly of Glebe Court, London Road, Mitcham, showed no emotion as he was led down to the cells.

Originally from Vietnam, Mr Hong moved to England in 1982 where he and his wife had three children.

They had owned and lived in the family home for nearly 10 years and he was working for the council offering 'care and support for the elderly' in the borough.

His brother-in-law Andy Ly told the court in an impact statement: "He was very dedicated to family life, handling all domestic issues of the family. It is a great personal loss."

He said the family was now struggling to cope financially, as the widow has been forced to give up work to look after the children.