A lady who crashed into a grandpa and murdered him before attempting to place the blame on a gang of African guys is returning to prison with her infant to join her.
After killing a loving father and grandpa in a horrific car accident in Melbourne in June of last year, Alisha Fagan was sentenced to at least six months in prison on Thursday.
In the Victorian County Koori Court, the 22-year-old’s case was delayed as Judge Scott Johns inquired about her choices for giving birth in jail or having her child in her care.
While her case was being heard, the court withheld information about her pregnancy, and Thursday’s punishment was delayed until after she gave birth in July.
Her daughter admitted to committing driving and bail crimes and was sentenced to a total of two and a half years in prison while she was present in court.
On June 9, 2022, Fagan struck and murdered Sedat Hassan, a 69-year-old grandpa, while she was out on bail for four separate driving charges.
Johns claimed that before the deadly collision, Fagan—a suspended novice driver—had a terrible driving record and a history of exceeding the speed limit.
She failed to yield at an intersection while driving 28 kilometres per hour over the speed limit while intoxicated and into Hassan’s automobile.
Fagan called the police while still waiting, but she gave them a false name and said four African guys she didn’t know were in the car with her, and one of them was the driver.
Johns claimed that words could not express the intensity of the family of Hassan’s anguish.
He claimed that despite the hardships Fagan had through over the previous 14 months, she had matured and displayed sincere sorrow, and her situation called for forgiveness and mercy.
The loss of his father caused a lot of worry and anguish, according to Kadir Hassan, but they were pleased the legal procedure was finished and they can now try to move on.
He told reporters outside the court, “My dad was the victim in this, who lost his life.”
We’ve been under a lot of stress because of this, and we’re still in a bad way.
“He will never be forgotten,”
According to Johns, Fagan lived an unpredictable lifestyle prior to the accident and trained herself to drive because no one else was available.
He claimed she had anxiety issues and acknowledged that the 76 days she spent in jail last year before being released on bond were “terrifying and traumatic”.
Johns took into account the additional punishment she faced as a result of the media’s coverage of her transgression and the criticism she got on social media.
According to a medical specialist, Fagan had a strong desire to care for her child and wanted to retain the child in her custody.
The judge acknowledged that she had been anxious about what would happen to her child and observed that the trauma and ongoing problem of removing children from Indigenous parents.
Her application to take part in the Living With Mum programme at Corrections Victoria, which allowed mothers to keep a close relationship with their children while they were in custody, was accepted.
As a serious alcoholic with no impulse control and no awareness of the repercussions, Fagan earlier read a letter of apology to Hassan’s family in which she expressed her full acceptance of responsibility for her acts.
Please understand that I am not the same person I was then and I am now.
Additionally, Fagan’s licence was suspended for two years.
Later this year, after serving her sentence, she will be eligible for parole.
