The young driver who fatally struck South Australian Police Commissioner Grant Stevens’ son Charlie has avoided going to jail over the hit-run tragedy during schoolies week.
Dhirren Singh Randhawa, 19, from Encounter Bay, was sentenced on Tuesday in the SA District Court to one year, one month and seven days in jail, with a non-parole period of seven months – suspended on condition he’s of good behaviour for two years.
He has also been banned from driving for 10 years.
He had pleaded guilty to aggravated driving without due care and leaving the scene of a crash at Goolwa Beach, south of Adelaide, on November 17.
The circumstances of the tragedy were revealed during sentencing submissions.
Charlie Stevens, 18, and three friends were celebrating schoolies at a Goolwa Beach shack owned by his family, the court was told.
They had flagged down Randhawa at 9pm to ask for a ride to Victor Harbor but he declined, explaining that he did not want to risk demerit points on his P-plates.
He performed a U-turn and struck Mr Stevens, causing irreversible brain damage. He died at Flinders Medical Centre the next day.
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