Overview
- Connor Mathiasson was taken into custody on Friday after previously being on bail, with sentencing to follow in the County Court.
- Loved ones filled the court and delivered victim‑impact statements that described profound grief over the 24‑year‑old model and lifeguard’s death.
- Prosecutors said police witnessed his Holden Commodore drive straight into a group at a Kooyong car park, dragging Elise Hodder underneath.
- A pathologist told the court Hodder died from chest injuries and mechanical traumatic asphyxia at the scene.
- Mathiasson has admitted culpable driving causing death and negligently causing serious injury, which carries a maximum 20‑year sentence for the fatal charge; Emma Swords suffered two broken ankles and now lives with PTSD.