Convicted drunk driver, Kristie Merrett, 52, has been jailed following a car crash in Killarney Vale on January 4, 2023 in which nine-year-old James Eds was killed.
In court on Friday, April 19, District Court Judge Justin Smith sentenced Merrett to five years and five months in jail, with a non-parole period of three years and six months.
She will be first eligible for parole in February 2027, after her sentence was backdated.
Not a long enough sentence. This woman was a serial offender and a child has lost his precious life. His parents lives are ruined. The lives of hos family and friends are changed forever. We need a review of sentencing so that the sentence reflects the crime.
tragic that a young life taken in a shameless criminal act & recklessness is worth a mere 5 years in prison for the convicted offender. 25 years would have been more appropriate. although the victims family must endure the torture of this atrocity for their lifetimes. justice – what justice