THE sentencing of the two teenagers involved in the hit-and-run of a four-year-old boy has been adjourned.

A 16-year-old boy, who admitted to driving the van that hit Leo Durrington in Leigh on October 30 as he was being chased by police, was due to be sentenced today, Thursday, at Wigan Youth Court.

But sentencing has now been adjourned until Wednesday, December 5.

The teenager, who cannot be named because of legal reasons, was in a Ford Transit van being pursued by police when he lost control on a bend on Wigan Road.

The vehicle mounted the pavement and struck Leo, who was "ripped from his mum's hands", police said, and catapulted 17 metres (55ft) across a pub car park.

The driver admitted causing serious injury by dangerous driving two weeks ago in Wigan Youth Court, where he welled up with tears and kept his head down, mumbling his guilty pleas to the court.

He also admitted failing to stop for police, failing to stop after a collision, driving without a licence, driving without insurance and a handling charge for the stolen van.

He was already accused of separate motoring offences before the van incident.

A second youth, aged 15, will also be sentenced after pleading guilty to being carried in the stolen vehicle.