Man gets four months’ jail for fatal New Year’s Day crash which killed his brother
A NT man who pleaded guilty to causing a crash that killed his brother will spend four months behind bars.
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A NGUKURR man who pleaded guilty to causing a crash that killed his brother will spend four months behind bars.
Tysaac Farrell, 21, appeared in the Darwin Supreme Court yesterday charged with one count of dangerous driving causing death in relation to the crash on New Year’s Day 2020.
The court heard Farrell was celebrating New Year’s Day in Ngukurr with friends and family when he started erratically driving a car around the community with five passengers – none of whom were wearing seat belts.
Farrell, who did not have a licence, began driving around at a high speed, drifting and doing doughnuts and burnouts.
The victim, Farrell’s brother in an Aboriginal way, was sitting on the car’s door frame with his head and body outside the car and yelling “happy new year” at bystanders.
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Farrell’s father and sister told him to stop before the car turned and tipped on its side with the victim trapped underneath.
He suffered “catastrophic” injuries and died at the scene.
Farrell and three other passengers got out of the car and fled the scene, then were threatened with violence when they tried to return.
Farrell’s lawyer, Beth Wild, told the court her client had no criminal history, had a job waiting for him and was a talented Australian rules player.
She said a term of imprisonment would be “detrimental.”
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“It’s not good for the community, the NT community in general as well as his homelands,” she said.
Justice Peter Barr sentenced Farrell to two years prison, suspended after four months.
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