A 25-year-old British backpacker has been sentenced to 4 years in jail after a deadly collision with a father-of-two whereas driving an electrical scooter in Perth, Western Australia.
Alicia Kemp, from Redditch, Worcestershire, appeared at Perth District Courtroom on Friday, the place she pleaded responsible to harmful driving inflicting loss of life whereas drunk.
Decide 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 legal blood alcohol limit 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.
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The incident has sparked a nationwide debate about e-scooter security, prompting Perth and several other surrounding councils to droop rent companies indefinitely.
In an announcement, Mr Phan’s household described him as a “beloved husband, father-of-two and pricey buddy”.
Harmful driving inflicting loss of life 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 driving.
