Overview

• Scott struck 72-year-old Ian Victor Colwell at a Chermside intersection in March 2024, made eye contact with a witness and then fled the scene.
• He pleaded guilty to dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death and to arson after setting his car alight to destroy evidence.
• District Court Judge John Allen described Scott’s more than 40 prior driving convictions as “deplorable” when imposing a five-year concurrent term.
• Scott attempted a cover-up by falsely reporting his car stolen, deleting texts and CCTV footage, and torching the vehicle in Wavell Heights.
• Colwell’s family and the Brisbane community have mourned the former school principal and RSL mentor who died en route to Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital.