Alisha Fagan blew kisses to her family members and said “see you soon”, as she was taken to the cells following her County Court sentencing on Friday.
She was travelling at 78 kilometres per hour, nearly 30kph over the speed limit, when she failed to give way at the intersection of Glengally Road and Links Street and slammed into a car driven by 69-year-old grandfather Sedat Hassan.
On Friday, she was sentenced to two-and-a-half years’ jail for dangerous driving causing death, however Judge Scott Johns said he would impose an “unusually low” non-parole period of six months.
Judge Johns said Fagan had an “appalling recent driving record” in the lead-up to the crash, and that her actions had caused the death of a much-loved family member.
Since the crash, Fagan has attended a number of Indigenous rehabilitation programs and made “strong progress”, the judge said.
Judge Johns said he would support an application by Fagan to keep her baby in custody with her, taking into account the historical trauma suffered by Aboriginal people who were separated from their parents.
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Alisha Fagan blew kisses to her family members and said “see you soon”, as she was taken to the cells following her County Court sentencing on Friday.
She was travelling at 78 kilometres per hour, nearly 30kph over the speed limit, when she failed to give way at the intersection of Glengally Road and Links Street and slammed into a car driven by 69-year-old grandfather Sedat Hassan.
On Friday, she was sentenced to two-and-a-half years’ jail for dangerous driving causing death, however Judge Scott Johns said he would impose an “unusually low” non-parole period of six months.
Judge Johns said Fagan had an “appalling recent driving record” in the lead-up to the crash, and that her actions had caused the death of a much-loved family member.
Since the crash, Fagan has attended a number of Indigenous rehabilitation programs and made “strong progress”, the judge said.
Judge Johns said he would support an application by Fagan to keep her baby in custody with her, taking into account the historical trauma suffered by Aboriginal people who were separated from their parents.
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