Melbourne driver Alisha Fagan, who killed grandfather then blamed crash on 'African men', jailed

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• Moonrise2473@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  If someone drives at that speed in the city, should be charged for murder, not just dangerous driving

  Driving a car that fast in city it’s equivalent to shooting a gun in a crowded place and should carry the same consequences

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  • bizzle@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    78 kph/48 mph isn’t that fast honestly, I think the biggest problem was that she was fucking wasted. If you can’t keep your shit together at 50 miles an hour you probably shouldn’t be driving.

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    • Nfntordr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Okay, so the limit is 50km/h which means she was in a residential street driving at a speed that is reserved for highways. It definitely matters and is more than fast enough. She fucking killed someone.

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    • unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      This is the problem; if we don’t respect any speed over 10km/hr as being fast then it’s easy for us to speed. Sure doesn’t feel fast when you’re driving, but 50km/hr can look pretty intimidating from the ground.

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• Beryl@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  If you want to kill someone with minimal consequences if you’re caught, do it with a car.

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• ProvableGecko@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I guess when you want to kill someone but don’t want to do 20 just run them over with a car. 6 months for killing someone WTF kinda joke of a justice system is this?

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  • thisisnotcoincedence@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Don’t forget, you can be under the influence and claim it was someone else. That sentence was definitely way too weak for that murderer.

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• Echinoderm@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  On June 9, 2022, Fagan had been drinking when she drove erratically…

  Fagan, who gave birth last month

  That’s either a very poor life choice, or a very deliberate life choice for someone facing prison time.

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  • jonne@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The old Elisabeth Holmes playbook.

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• DarkThoughts@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  In the moments after, Fagan lied to police and blamed it on "African men" she did not know.

  What the fuck does that even mean?

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  • snacksthanks@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I guess it’s the aussie version of “Some Puerto Rican Guy” did it.

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    • DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Was she like “Well I can’t blame the Aboriginals, that would make me racist!”

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• autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This is the best summary I could come up with:

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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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• Custoslibera@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Please tell me she has had her drivers license disqualified for life.

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