A TEENAGER on probation over car thefts, aggravated burglaries and a police pursuit when he rammed a car in Governor Rd, Mordialloc, killing mother-of-two, was last week sentenced to two years 10 months in youth detention.
The now-16-year-old was speeding in a stolen BMW X5 sedan and using social media when he crossed onto the wrong side of the busy road, 7.30am, Monday 9 November, and struck the Ford being driven by Amanda Matheson, 47, of Carrum Downs.
She died later at The Alfred hospital.
The BMW four-wheel-drive had allegedly been stolen from Doncaster the previous Wednesday and used in a violent Frankston South carjacking three days earlier when a shotgun was allegedly pointed at a motorist.
The children’s court was told the Patterson Lakes youth was ice-affected at the time of the collision and “didn’t appear distressed” before leaving the scene, near Spray Av.
He was later arrested at the Chelsea Heights McDonald’s.
The youth pleaded guilty to nine charges, including dangerous driving causing death, failing to assist at a serious accident, and car theft.
First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 14 September 2016
