Overview

• Peter Agius received a maximum nine-year, eight-month prison term in County Court, becoming eligible for parole after six years and having already served 122 days.
• Court evidence showed Agius sent and received 85 Snapchat messages over a 12 km stretch at about 100 km/h before colliding with Adam Sutton’s car in January 2023.
• Adam Sutton died at the intersection of Traralgon-Maffra and Farmers roads in Glengarry and his six-year-old son suffered a permanent brain injury.
• A jury in April convicted Agius of culpable driving causing death and negligent driving causing serious injury following a regional Victoria trial.
• Judge Doyle cited Agius’s prior dangerous driving offences and a 2024 bail breach as warning signs ignored before the deadly crash.