A drunk driver who left a woman to die has been sentenced to almost five years behind bars for the incident which prompted a change of Western Australia's laws.
Kelly T'Hart was described as the rock of her family but the 32-year-old's life was cut short almost two years ago when she was hit and killed while walking near Mandurah, about 70 kilometres south of Perth.
Maddison Bain was on bail and behind the wheel, driving on the unlit Furnissdale road with a default speed limit of 110km/h.
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Her blood alcohol level was later calculated as being as high as four times the legal limit.
Her friend in the back seat with a three-month-old baby had told her to drive more carefully and yelled, "F— Maddie, you just hit someone".
But the 27-year-old carried on home, leaving T'Hart to die face down in the dirt.
The incident prompted T'Hart's family to lobby for a change to the law, stopping hit-run drivers from getting back on the road while on bail.
"Don't drink and drive, it takes nothing to get an Uber or ring a friend or a family member," T'Hart's mother, Susan T'Hart, said outside court today.
"Don't do this to other people and kill someone they love."
Bain wiped tears from her eyes as the victim's mother read her statement but she showed a lot more emotion when her own children were discussed.
The court heard she'd fallen pregnant while waiting for her case to be dealt with.
Bain was sentenced today to four years and 11 months in jail and also banned from driving for three and half years.
T'Hart's mum successfully lobbied for the Traffic Act to be changed after Bain was allowed to continue driving while on bail.
A bill known as Kelly's Law is now before Parliament.
"She'd be super proud like we all are," family friend Denyse Needham said outside court.
"It's a wonderful legacy for such a beautiful girl."
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