Wellington crash driver Jacob Donn charged with manslaughter

Police have laid 12 fresh charges against the alleged hit and run driver accused of mowing down two young boys in Wellington.

Ryan Young

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March 4, 2021 - 9:37AM

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The 25-year-old man accused of driving a Holden Commodore into a group of people and killing two young boys in the NSW central west has been charged with a further 12 offences, including two counts of manslaughter.

Police allege Jacob Steven Donn was driving while high on drugs and unlicensed when Shane, 7, and Sheldon Shorey, 6, had their lives cut tragically short on Warne Street in Wellington on January 5.

Shane and Sheldon celebrating Christmas with their father at Emerald in Queensland, just days before they visited their mum Shayleen Frail in Wellington for the school holidays. Picture Facebook

Mr Donn was arrested on the night of the crash and charged the next day with 14 offences which included dangerous driving causing death and fail to stop at the scene of a crash.

He entered no pleas when he appeared in Dubbo Local Court and was formally refused bail by Magistrate Theresa Hamilton.

On Thursday — a day before Shane and Sheldon’s parents will bury their boys — police said Mr Donn had been charged with 26 offences in total after crash investigators laid fresh charges.

Jacob Donn has been refused bail. Picture: Facebook.

The new offences Mr Donn has been charged with include two counts of manslaughter, drive vehicle with illicit drugs present in drug, two counts of aggravated dangerous driving causing death under the influence of drugs and two counts of aggravated dangerous driving causing grievous bodily harm.

Donn’s case will return to Dubbo Local Court on March 10.

Funerals for Shane and Sheldon will be held at Pioneer Park in Wellington on Friday.