Overview
- Elena Anita Begovic, 51, was sentenced to four months' imprisonment wholly suspended for two years and disqualified from driving for 12 months.
- She pleaded guilty to negligent driving causing death and to multiple contraventions of vehicle standards.
- Magistrate Robert Webster found she failed to look left while exiting a school laneway, with CCTV showing no slowing despite a known blind spot.
- Fines and costs were imposed, though published totals differ across outlets, and the court said the vehicle defects did not contribute to the crash.
- Marshall Oakley-Stagg’s family denounced the sentence as offering no justice and signalled plans to push for changes to traffic-related laws.