A drink driver who fatally struck a pedestrian in Adelaide's south will serve at least two-and-a-half years in jail for his reckless and selfish decision to drive.
Mr Joseph — a volunteer, coach and player with the Noarlunga United Soccer Club — was about to embark on the trip of a lifetime to the United Kingdom to work with English Premier League club Arsenal before he died.
She said a service station attendant working at a Caltex near the Victoria Hotel called police to report a man believed to be Norman for suspected drink driving on 12 occasions. But Judge Schammer said she could only find, beyond a reasonable doubt, Norman had been drink driving on one prior occasion — about two months before the fatal crash."Your decision to drive that night was reckless and selfish.Judge Schammer said Norman was working as a landscaper at Burnside Council at the time and if he could afford a night out with his friends, he could afford a taxi home.
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