Overview

• Stewart-Smith pleaded guilty in March to dangerous driving causing death, grievous bodily harm, drug offences and possessing child exploitation material before sentencing
• Victim impact statements described Maria Christoffersen’s ongoing physical injuries and the family’s emotional trauma following her mother Yrsa’s death
• Prosecutors told the court Stewart-Smith was travelling up to 114 km/h in a 60 km/h zone when his Holden Commodore struck the Christoffersen’s Suzuki Swift
• After the collision he fled the scene, hid in a storm drain saying “You don’t understand, it’s not my car,” and was found hours later covered in mud
• Police searches uncovered methylamphetamine in clip-seal bags and more than 300 animated child exploitation images on Stewart-Smith’s phone