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Drunk driver who killed four children in Western Sydney faces families at sentence hearing
The heartbroken parents of four children who were hit and killed by a drunk driver in Sydney’s north west have told a court no sentence will be enough to make up for their loss.
Key points:
- Samuel Davidson pleaded guilty to several charges including four counts of manslaughter
- Veronique Sakr’s father called for the “most extreme sentence” to be handed down
- The four children were struck by Davidson’s car after it mounted a curb in Oatlands
Samuel Davidson was speeding and intoxicated when he lost control of his car and ploughed into siblings Antony, 13, Angelina, 12, and Sienna Abdallah, 9, and their cousin, Veronique Sakr, 11, who had been walking along Bettington Road in Oatlands last year.
Another child Charbel Kassas, 11, was badly…
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