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British Backpacker Jailed over Fatal Drunken E-Scooter Crash
- Judge Wendy Hughes sentenced Alicia Kemp to four years, backdating the term to July 1 with a two-year non-parole period and a two-year driver's licence disqualification.
- Authorities charged Alicia Kemp with dangerous driving occasioning death after she was over the legal blood alcohol limit and reportedly carried a scooter passenger, breaching Western Australian e-scooter legal requirements.
- The scooter struck 51-year-old Thanh Phan at an estimated speed 20 to 25 kph, causing a brain bleed that led to his death days later, while the scooter passenger, aged 26, suffered a broken nose and skull fracture.
- The City of Perth suspended e-scooter hire services indefinitely, joined by surrounding local councils, while the parliamentary inquiry and committee issued 33 recommendations amid daily serious admissions at Royal Perth Hospital trauma unit.
- Phan's family described Thanh Phan as a beloved husband and father of two, while Alicia Kemp showed `an extreme level of remorse` and Judge Wendy Hughes called her `a cautionary tale`.
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