Australia, March 26 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Feb. 26:
1. HARRISON CJ AT CL: I agree with Davies J.
2. DAVIES J: The respondent pleaded guilty in the Local Court to an offence of dangerous driving occasioning death contrary to s 52A(1)(c) of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW). The maximum penalty for the offence is imprisonment for 10 years and there is no standard non-parole period.
3. The respondent also pleaded guilty to an offence of not give particulars to police contrary to s 287(1) of the Road Rules 2014 (NSW). That was a related offence on a s 166 certificate. It is an offence that carries a maximum penalty of 20 penalty units.
4. In respect of the offence of dangerous driving...