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Drunk mum who killed her girlfriend by reversing over her learns her fate
- Mum gets five years for running over girlfriend in horror accident
- Tamara Louise Lorimer reversed over her partner while intoxicated
- The pair were drinking heavily at their home near Broome in 2021
Published: 10:46 EDT, 24 June 2023 | Updated: 10:46 EDT, 24 June 2023
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An intoxicated mum who ran over her girlfriend in a bizarre drink-driving tragedy has been jailed for five years.
Tamara Louise Lorimer was found guilty of manslaughter at the Supreme Court in Broome, Western Australia this week.
She had been reversing out of the driveway of the couple's home in Cable Beach in November 2021 when she struck her girlfriend Doreen-Joan Lindsay.
Broome Magistrates Court heard Lorimer got behind the wheel with three others after receiving a call to go help a friend.
But as she backed out of the driveway Ms Lindsay walked into the path of the car.
Tamara Louise Lorimer (pictured, right) had been reversing out of the driveway of the couple's home in Cable Beach in November 2021 when she struck her girlfriend Doreen-Joan Lindsay (pictured, left)
Police and ambulance attended the scene but were unable to save Ms Lindsay (pictured) who suffered unsurvivable injuries
The couple (pictured) had been heavily drinking at their home before the horror incident
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Police and ambulance attended the scene but were unable to save the 35 year old who suffered fatal injuries. She later died at Broome hospital.
The couple had been drinking heavily at their home before the horror incident.
Prosecutor Michael Cvetkoski said the state would make the argument Lorimer was criminally negligent as she had 'appeared affected by alcohol' when police turned up, the ABC reported.
The lesbian mum had reversed 'at speed' and did not look to see if it was clear - despite knowing her partner was drunk.
Mr Cvetkoski said hospital tests revealed Lorimer's blood alcohol level was around 0.121 per cent.
But defence lawyer Seamus Rafferty said she was not criminally responsible arguing the driveway was shaped in an unusual way that had a blindspot.
No amount of due diligence would have allowed Lorimer to see her girlfriend walking behind the car, the court heard.
'A beloved, much-respected young woman lost her life ... a young, well-respected woman also lost her partner,' Mr Rafferty told the court.
No amount of due diligence would have allowed Lorimer (pictured) to see her girlfriend walking behind the car
Ms Lindsay later died in Broome hospital (pictured) from her injuries
Chief Justice Peter Quinlan said the incident was a 'wasteful tragedy' adding there were 'no winners' in this case.
'It only takes a second to take another person's life,' Chief Justice Quinlan said.
'Any sentence in court couldn't begin to value a person's life.'
Lorimer was sentenced to five years in jail and will be eligible for parole on June 23, 2026.
Family and friends from both sides were at the court to hear the verdict.
'A beloved, much-respected young woman lost her life ... a young, well-respected woman also lost her partner,' defence lawyer Seamus Rafferty told the court (pictured, the couple)
Drunk mum who killed her girlfriend by reversing over her learns fate
Tamara Louise Lorimer was found guilty of manslaughter at the Supreme Court in Broome, Western Australia this week.
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