Promising footy player's mum says killer driver's sentence not enough

West Australian teen Nick Campo's mother is disappointed her son's slayer driver has been sentenced to conscionable 3 years and 2 months down bars.

A judge coming recovered nan 17-year-old driver, who can't beryllium named, was encouraged to velocity by his passengers, saying they were each morally responsible for nan tragedy.

Nick had conscionable made it to adulthood but a high-speed clang while celebrating his 18th day ended it all. 

"Nick was a really bully kid and he was very overmuch loved by each of us," mother Bianca Campo said, extracurricular court.

Nick and immoderate mates were catching a assistance to a nightclub erstwhile nan ute they were successful collided pinch a Jeep successful North Lake past July.

The promising footy subordinate was killed instantly and 3 different passengers were earnestly injured. 

"It's thing we person to unrecorded pinch mundane for nan remainder of our lives," Bianca said.

"We've been rather broken."

The 17-year-old driver was coming jailed for 2 years and 7 months for Nick's manslaughter, positive an other eight-month word for nan mixed vulnerable driving charges. With clip served, he could locomotion free arsenic early arsenic mid adjacent year. 

"We don't consciousness it was capable and I really don't deliberation it sets a bully illustration for young people," Bianca said

There were 5 boys successful nan Toyota Hilux and 4 of them, including nan driver, had snorted cocaine. 

The judge besides recovered nan P-plater was being encouraged to thrust recklessly, racing to hit nan club's midnight lockout. 

His ute had been dangerously modified, pinch nan beforehand rider spot facing backwards, and only 2 spot belts, including his own, working. 

"Please conscionable make judge your kids cognize to do nan correct point erstwhile they get into cars because this is for illustration a symptom that's unbearable, it really is," Nick's mum said.

Children's Court president Hylton Quail said though nan ineligible consequences fell connected nan driver alone, nan civilized work of nan calamity was shared by everyone who sewage successful nan car. 

"As his honour described successful nan sentencing, location are nary winners here," defence counsel Michael Tudori said.

Nick's parents are now connected a ngo to amended young drivers successful their boy's honour.

"It's thing nary 1 could understand until you've had to unrecorded it and I really consciousness for group who person to spell done this," Bianca said.

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