Connor Mathiasson returned a blood alcohol reading more than four times the legal limit when he killed Elise Hodder last year.<\/p>\n
Ms Hodder, 24, was crushed under the vehicle and died at the scene, while Ms Swords suffered severe leg injuries.<\/p>\n
The County Court previously heard Mathiasson was distressed afterwards, telling police, “I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean it. I didn’t mean it”.<\/p>\n
He returned a blood alcohol reading of 0.213 and was found to have traces of cocaine and cannabis in his system.<\/p>\n
On Monday, County Court Judge Robyn Harper called Mathiasson’s actions “overwhelmingly negligent”.<\/p>\n
“This was a catastrophic collision entirely of your own doing,” she said.<\/p>\n
“The grief you have caused is immeasurable.<\/p>\n
“Ms Hodder has lost her life, Ms Swords’s future has been irreparably damaged.”<\/p>\n
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Connor Mathiasson lost control of his car in a Kooyong car park, striking Elisa Hodder, Emma Swords and Jeremy Orr. (ABC News)<\/p>\n
Ms Hodder’s parents were supported by dozens of loved ones who packed the courtroom.<\/p>\n
At one point Ms Hodder’s mother could be seen weeping loudly as the judge summarised the case.<\/p>\n
Last month, a pre-sentence hearing was told about the many lives that had been devastated by the crash.<\/p>\n
Loved ones testified how Ms Hodder, a promising model and lifeguard, had touched their lives.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Several described her as their “best friend”.<\/p>\n
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Lifeguard Elise Hodder was described as a promising model, and had appeared in a New York fashion magazine. (Instagram: Elise Hodder)<\/p>\n
Judge Harper sentenced Mathiasson to a total of 11 years, setting a non-parole period of seven years.<\/p>\n
In Victoria, the offence of culpable driving causing death carries a maximum of 20 years’ jail, with a standard sentence of eight years.<\/p>\n
The judge said Mathiasson, now aged 24, was entitled to sentencing discounts due to his early guilty plea and remorse.<\/p>\n
“No sentence this court can impose can in any way compensate for [Ms Hodder’s] loss,” the judge said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A drunk driver who crashed into a group of partygoers, killing Melbourne woman Elise Hodder, will have to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274422,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,159389,159387,34155,57369,159388,2732,44,159390],"class_list":["post-274421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-connor-mathiasson","tag-culpable-driving","tag-drink-driving","tag-drug-driving","tag-elisa-hodder","tag-jail","tag-news","tag-rave"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}