A 25-year-old Hooksett man will spend 40 and a half to 81 years in prison on several counts each of manslaughter, aggravated assault and driving while intoxicated after he caused two deaths in a February 2006 crash in Manchester.

Joshua Lamy, of Martins Ferry Road, looked straight at Hillsborough County Superior Court Judge Gillian Abramson as she handed down the sentence, saying Lamy showed “zero remorse” during the course of the trial.

In December, a jury convicted Lamy on two counts of manslaughter, two counts of second- degree assault, and three counts of aggravated driving while intoxicated.

Taxi passenger Sheila Moody, 39, and the newborn son of taxi driver Brianna Emmons, Dominick, both lost their lives in the accident. Family members and friends of the victims spoke at the sentencing hearing on Thursday, Feb. 14, about the emotional and physical scars left in the wake of Lamy’s speeding Honda Civic.

“When I go to visit my son, I visit a square foot of granite that’s on top of my buried son,” said Michael Bianchini, the baby’s father.

Bianchini said Lamy needs to be held accountable for what he called irresponsible and selfish behavior on the night of the crash, but addressed Lamy civilly and said he forgives the man who took his son’s life.

“I hope that you can forgive you for what you did,” Bianchini said.

Lamy read aloud a statement he wrote to the court prior to hearing his sentence, saying he wished he could trade places with the victims.

“I just want you to understand that I’m not heartless, I’m not a monster and it was an accident,” he said, tears breaking his voice.

Lamy, 23 at the time of the accident, and Anthony Brown, now 30, left the Yee Dynasty on Feb. 18, 2006, after drinking.

According to police testimony, there was an altercation involving Lamy and a young woman that prompted the two men to get into Lamy’s Honda and speed away from the bar at more than 100 mph down Maple Street, a residential area in Manchester.

Taxi driver Emmons, then 18, was seven months pregnant when Lamy’s Civic ran a red light at the intersection of Maple and Blodget Streets and slammed into the passenger side of her taxi van at 103 mph.

The occupants of both vehicles were severely injured.

Moody, who took the brunt of the impact, died a few days later as a result of her injuries.

Baby Dominick, delivered by emergency cesarean shortly after the crash, suffered severe trauma due to a lack of oxygen sustained during his mother’s extensive injuries, which included a broken pelvis. He was on life support for two weeks before he died.

Brown suffered serious head trauma, including brain swelling and a resulting aneurysm that left him with severe brain damage and no memory of the accident.

Lamy himself suffered two broken legs in the crash, the dashboard having pushed his knees up to his chin.

Judge Abramson said she based her decision for the maximum allowed sentence largely on Lamy’s lengthy prior criminal and motor vehicle records, which include two convictions for drug possession, several license suspensions resulting from drunk and reckless driving, conspiracy to commit theft, resisting arrest and a prowling charge.

She added Lamy looked “bored” during the sentencing hearing, and pointed to an instance on the second day of the trial in which Lamy told his attorneys to make sure he could get back to the jail by a certain time so he could take a shower.

“You cannot begin to fathom the damage that you have caused,” Abramson said, adding his past showed a clear progression of dangerous behavior.

“The only way to deter this individual is to keep him off the streets and remove him from society as long as possible,” said Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Sandoval. “This absolutely cries out for the maximum punishment.”

Lamy’s attorneys asked for a lesser sentence of 13-and-a-half to 40 years in prison as well as a stay in sentencing, claiming the pre-sentencing investigation report contained inaccuracies.

Attorney Charles O’Leary also cited similar cases under the same circumstances which carried less hefty sentences, a point Sandoval countered by pointing out that Lamy had been convicted of manslaughter, not negligent homicide, and the defendants in those other cases had pleaded guilty.

Part of Lamy’s sentence includes paying $20,000 in restitution to the families of Dominick Emmons and Sheila Moody. He is also to have no contact with either family, is required to stay at least 500 yards from them and must go through drug rehabilitation while serving his sentence.

Lamy will be eligible for parole from the Hillsborough County House of Corrections at the age of 65.