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Brodie Gibbard jailed for Esperance death of Kaitlyn Scott after ‘hooning’ outside party
A young motorist who killed a teenage girl while “hooning” and “showing off” outside a birthday party in the southern WA town of Esperance has been sentenced to more than seven-and-a-half years in jail.
Key points:
- Kaitlyn Scott died after Brodie Gibbard lost control of his car and hit her
- Witnesses saw him hooning and doing burnouts before the incident
- He must serve five years and 10 months in jail before he can be released
Brodie Lee Gibbard, 21, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of 16-year-old Kaitlyn Scott, who suffered catastrophic injuries when she was hit by his vehicle in the early hours of August 11, 2018.
Gibbard, who was with his girlfriend, then drove away in his badly damaged car, leaving other partygoers to attend to Ms Scott…
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