Evie Butterworth, high on drugs, caused a fatal accident on the Kwinana Fwy, leading to the death of 21-year-old Abbey Rose Sheriff. She was sentenced to nine and a half years in prison for manslaughter.
A speeding WA driver who admitted killing a 21-year-old woman while high on a cocktail of drugs has been sentenced to nine and a half years in prison. Evie Butterworth, 30, previously pleaded guilty to manslaughter over the high-speed Kwinana Fwy crash that claimed the life of Abbey Rose Sheriff just before midnight on January 11, 2023.
Evie Butterworth jailed over fatal Kwinana Freeway crash. Butterworth’s Nissan Maxima was travelling at close to 150km/h when it smashed into Sheriff’s Nissan X-Trail near Baldivis in Perth’s southern suburbs. Sheriff’s car came to a stop 94m from the impact zone. Butterworth was so high on drugs she did not know she had hit a car and killed someone. She told shocked bystanders at the scene she had been side-swiped and was the victim of a hit-and-run.
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