A 25-year-old British backpacker has been sentenced to 4 years in jail after a deadly collision with a father-of-two whereas using an electrical scooter in Perth, Western Australia.
Alicia Kemp, from Redditch, Worcestershire, appeared at Perth District Court docket on Friday, the place she pleaded responsible to harmful driving inflicting dying whereas drunk.
Choose Wendy Hughes handed down a four-year sentence, backdated to June 2025 for time served, with a non-parole interval of two years.
Kemp might be eligible for launch in mid-2027, and her driver’s licence has been suspended for 2 years.
She was over the authorized blood alcohol restrict when she struck 51-year-old Thanh Phan on 31 Might. Mr Phan later died in hospital from a mind bleed.
Kemp and a passenger on the e-scooter sustained minor accidents.
The incident has sparked a nationwide debate about e-scooter security, prompting Perth and a number of other surrounding councils to droop rent providers indefinitely.
In a press release, Mr Phan’s household described him as a “beloved husband, father-of-two and dear friend”.
Harmful driving inflicting dying carries a most sentence of 20 years in Western Australia.
E-scooter riders within the state should be over 16, put on a helmet, carry no passengers, and stay sober whereas using.
