A British backpacker who killed a father-of-two by drunkenly crashing into him on an electric scooter in Australia has been sentenced to four years in prison.
Alicia Kemp, 25, from Redditch, Worcestershire, was sentenced at Perth District Court, Western Australia, on Friday, after pleading guilty to dangerous driving causing death while under the influence of alcohol.
The court heard the backpacker was more than three times over the legal limit when she struck 51-year-old Thanh Phan.
Investigators estimated she was driving at about the maximum speed of a rental e-scooter, 12 to 16mph, when she crashed into Mr Phan, the court was told at an earlier hearing.
Judge Wendy Hughes handed Kemp a four-year prison term, backdated to June 2025 for time served, with a non-parole period of two years.
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35 Comments
She caused a child to become orphan, shame on her.
Female privilege at its finest.
Stupid drunk drivers deserve life sentences
Was it worth it? Getting drunk and ruining 2 lives.
Just ban alcohol job done
Said that she cried in court but I always wonder if they’re crying for the victim or crying out of fear of the potential consequences. Certainly didn’t look very concerned in that surveillance video
"… is extremely sorry for what happened." Yeah, because she's facing prison! She is selfish! She accepted the risk of injuring someone for her own fun. She deserves doing decades! She selfishly took someone's life and only gets 18 months?!
I am so sure the moment she'll get out of prison there will be no remorse! She does not deserve to live among us. What she's done should be tattooed on her face.
18 months. Is that what a civilian life is worth?
18 months is a joke, every single drunk driver should be made example and put behind bars for DECADES, no matter if they are young or old. If you drive anything drunk, your intent already is malicious enough to kill.
Tragic but cars kill hundreds of times more people annually. When will we take the primary danger seriously???
18 months? Nah, she should do 10-15 years.
Why do people like getting drunk? You make yourself a irresponsible weapon. She should bear all the cost the family of the victim has.
Besides the horrible incident that happened here, being wasted drunk in a foreign country is a dumbass decision to begin with. That's how you end up with missing kidneys or worse, human trafficking.
They’re talking about her like she’s the victim. She killed a man. That’s nothing short of murder. But of course, she’s privileged, so we’re supposed to feel sorry for her? She made the decisions that night. He didn’t stand a chance. And what about his autistic child? Was this really just a tragic accident?? Is she really the victim here? One and a half years? Seriously?
i bet if it was a man who did the crime and a woman who was the victim, 18 months wouldnt have been the end of it…life on recruit mode must be nice…
Lol nice country
18 months is too lenient
she must be in for 20 years , she ruined a family
Oh yeah because she's a woman give her 18 months
Another OMG influencer-narcissist taking her entitlement too far. No sympathy. Keep her in there, out of the way.
18 months for taking a life too short. Some people got longer jail time for lesser crime.
very goood!!!
1.5 years for murder and making kids fatherless and a woman a widow. White privilege is what that is.
British acting a fool in a foreign country, the usual.
Stop alcohol
only 18 months for killing someone? iwould have to save up for at least five years otherwise. what a deal, im coming soon.
A lot of these dumb ass scooter users do not follow rules either. They go through red lights like it only applies to cars and walking pedestrians.
She should pay child support until all kids turn 18…
Man I had no idea you can kill someone at 15mph on a scooter
Spent less time in jail than he spent in university.
Killing someone when drunk, no matter the circumstances, should be at least 20 years to life.
If i were in UK, i'd work as an 'i am sorry, it was an accident' hitman. Easy money,
The government as a lot to answer for!
She was a volunteer? Thats wrong! I feel sorry for the volunteer organisation.
If you drop a vase on the floor, you'd break it. What happens if you tell it sorry? Nothing, it stays broken, words didn't change anything.
Owning a scooter myself, the rental scooters should be banned across the world. Its way too easy if you're drunk and want to get home faster to jump on one, the people that ride them rarely knows how because they dont own one and they feel no responsibility over it/ being careful because its not theirs. Its a no brainer.