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Shane Bradley Pearce sentenced to 11 years in jail for killing two women in Cooloongup crash
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Lauren Prothero (left) and Paige Ward died when their car was struck at a Cooloongup intersection.
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A repeat drink driver who killed two best friends when he sped through a red light at a major Perth intersection has been sentenced to 11 years in jail
for what a Supreme Court judge described as a horrific incident caused by his egregious conduct .
Key points:
He was travelling at more than 120 kilometres an hour
Pearce will spend nine years in jail before being eligible for parole
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A Perth court has been told an unlicensed driver who killed two innocent motorists when he went through a red light at more than 40 kilometres over the speed limit later recorded a blood alcohol level that was four times over the legal limit.
Key points:
Bradley Shane Pearce failed to help them after slamming into their car
He had spent the day drinking and later described his actions as cowardly
Shane Bradley Pearce, 50, pleaded guilty in the WA Supreme Court to unlawfully killing Lauren Prothero and her friend Paige Ward, both 27, who suffered catastrophic injuries when he slammed into their car at an intersection in Cooloongup on the evening of May 29 last year.