Alicia Kemp, 25-year-old British backpacker, was charged in Australia with dangerous driving causing death under the influence of alcohol.
The backpacker from Redditch, Worcestershire, in the UK, appeared at the Perth Magistrates’ Court via videoconference from a prison on Monday morning (11).
Alicia was drinking with a friend on May 31 when they were kicked out of the bar for being drunk, according to court reports.
The two rented an electric scooter in the city center. According to authorities, the backpacker was driving at a speed between 19 and 24 km/h when she hit Thanh Phan, 51.
Phan, a father of two, hit his head and died in the hospital two days later due to a brain hemorrhage.
Alicia Kemp now faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. According to the prosecution, the backpacker was seen driving in an “inexplicably dangerous” manner by security camera footage.
She and her friend suffered minor injuries at the time of the collision.
Mike Tudori, Kemp’s lawyer, told reporters outside the court that his client was “nervous and worried” as “a young foreigner” imprisoned in another country, according to the Australian Associated Press.
She will remain in custody and is scheduled to appear at the Perth District Court on October 31, when her sentencing date will be set.
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