The Vietnamese national, who mistook the accelerator for the brake, will walk free in six months after already serving four behind bars.
An unlicensed driver who lost control of a four-wheel drive and catastrophically injured an eight-year-old boy will walk free from jail in six months.
Demet Aydin's two sons were playing soccer in a laneway behind their grandmother's house in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Braybrook in September 2023 when Thanh Ngoc Vo attempted to park his four-wheel drive.READ MORE: An unlicensed driver who lost control of a four-wheel drive and catastrophically injured an eight-year-old boy will walk free from jail in six months.
One of the boys was unscathed but eight-year-old Huseyin Pek was pinned to a Prius and catastrophically injured.Vo had only been in Australia for five days before the crash and did not have a driver's license at the time.Judge Duncan Allen believed in his remorse and good character and sentenced him to ten months in jail for dangerous driving causing serious injury.
Vo has already served four months behind bars and will serve another six months before he is released. Aydin, who sobbed throughout the hearing, rejected Vo's apology and told reporters outside court she didn't believe he was remorseful.
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