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Shane Bradley Pearce sentenced to 11 years in jail for killing two women in Cooloongup crash
A repeat drink driver who killed two best friends when he sped through a red light at a major Perth intersection has been sentenced to 11 years in jail for what a Supreme Court judge described as a “horrific incident” caused by his “egregious conduct”.
Key points:
- Shane Pearce had been drinking for 10 hours prior to the fatal crash
- He was travelling at more than 120 kilometres an hour
- Pearce will spend nine years in jail before being eligible for parole
Shane Bradley Pearce, 50, had spent 10 hours drinking on May 29 last year when he got behind the wheel of his four-wheel drive and drove at more than 120 kilometres an hour through a Cooloongup intersection and slammed into a car carrying Lauren Prothero and Paige Ward, both 27.
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