Posted by admin on 10/19/05 in Traffic Safety Issues
The Advertiser: Hit-run drivers face life in jail [19oct05]
By Political Reporter JEMMA CHAPMAN. 19oct05
DRIVERS in South Australia who cause death or serious injury by dangerous driving in hit-run smashes or “aggravated” circumstances face life imprisonment.
Premier Mike Rann yesterday said the government would change the law to ensure “drivers get life imprisonment for killing or seriously […]
Posted by admin on 10/19/05 in Traffic Safety Issues, Kapunda Road Royal Commission
Hit-run deaths to attract manslaughter charges. 19/10/2005. ABC News Online
Any person found responsible for causing a hit-and-run fatality will be charged with manslaughter, under moves announced by the South Australian Government. A 15-year maximum sentence will apply to a first offence of causing death by dangerous driving.
A life sentence will apply if there are aggravating […]
Posted by admin on 10/7/05 in McGee Contempt of Court Case
McGees answer charges ‘under protest’ Friday, 7 October 2005. 17:41 (AEST)
Adelaide lawyer Eugene McGee and his brother have been excused from attending their first Adelaide Magistrates Court hearing on charges of attempting to pervert the course of justice. Eugene Norman McGee, 51, and 55-year-old Craig Patrick McGee were charged after recommendations made by the Kapunda […]
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