Brodie Gibbard jailed for Esperance death of Kaitlyn Scott after hooning outside party
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Kaitlyn Scott was fatally struck moments after other partygoers remonstrated with Brodie Gibbard.
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A young motorist who killed a teenage girl while hooning and showing off outside a birthday party in the southern WA town of Esperance has been sentenced to more than seven-and-a-half years in jail.
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Witnesses saw him hooning and doing burnouts before the incident
He must serve five years and 10 months in jail before he can be released
Gibbard, who was with his girlfriend, then drove away in his badly damaged car, leaving other partygoers to attend to Ms Scott as she lay by the side of the road.
Julie Cooper s killer Mathew Hemsley sentenced to life in prison for depraved and ruthless murder
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Ms Cooper, 55, offered to let Hemsley charge his phone in her car after they met at a pub.
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A depraved and ruthless murderer had to be removed from a Perth court after protesting his innocence and yelling at the victim s family that she was a lovely lady and a beautiful person .
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With time already served, his earliest release date is September 2041
Ms Cooper s son said the family was happy with the outcome
Mathew Mark Hemsley, 34, was being sentenced in the WA Supreme Court after being found guilty by a jury of murdering 55-year-old Julie Anne Cooper in August 2018, whom he also sexually assaulted during his attack on her.
Her death could have been prevented : Family of Munster victim remember daughter they adored Her death could have been prevented : Family of Munster victim remember daughter they adored
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For three days, Cara Hales friends and family members have sat across the courtroom from the man who stabbed her to death, listening to harrowing details of her final moments and the dark path her killer s life took before their worlds collided.
That every day the public gallery was filled with people who cared about her was a sign of how much Ms Hales was loved.