Qld's attorney-general may appeal against sentence of teen driver who killed couple
Queensland’s attorney-general has confirmed she may appeal against the sentence handed to a teenager who struck and killed a couple with a stolen car while drunk and stoned.
Fentiman said she was waiting for legal advice to appeal against the sentence, under which the killer can apply for parole after six years behind bars. Matthew Field and Kate Leadbetter, and their unborn son Miles, were laid to rest in Brisbane on February 8, 2021.Speaking from the site of the crash on Friday, Matthew’s father, Russell Field, said the past week had been disappointing.“It should have been the ... maximum penalty that was able to be imposed,” an emotional Field told reporters.The now 18-year-old male cannot be identified because he committed the crimes as a child.
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