An off-duty WA police officer who caused a drunken crash that injured a nine-year-old girl receives a suspended jail term and an $800 fine.
An off-duty WA police officer who caused a drunken crash that injured a nine-year-old girl has received a suspended jail term and an $800 fine.A total of 16 people, including a 9-year-old girl, were injured in the pileupIn August last year Lachlan Thomas Perhavec was a detective constable in the Serious and Organised Crime Division of the WA Police Force when he drove at 20 kilometres per hour above the speed limit into a roundabout near Perth Airport.
A total of 16 people were in the three vehicles but only the young girl, who suffered a spinal injury, was seriously hurt. "I'd also like to apologise to the commissioner of the police, and all the other police officers in general.
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