Oatlands driver who killed four kids to be hit with jail sentence
Samuel William Davidson is set to find out how long he will spend in prison for mowing down a group of children on a Sydney footpath.
The 31-year-old had been drinking, and had consumed drugs at the time of the accident.
He was speeding when his ute mounted a kerb at Oatlands, in Sydney’s northwest, on February 1 of 2020.
The children had been walking to a supermarket to buy ice-cream.
Davidson, who was a professional truck driver, plead guilty to the manslaughter of Veronique Sakr, 11, and her cousins, Sienna Abdallah, eight, and her siblings Angelina, 12, and Antony, 13.
The man had been speeding at the time and also pleaded guilty to three charges relating to the injuries caused to three other kids who were hurt, including a boy who has suffered permanent brain damage.
Davidson was travelling 133km/h in a 50km/h zone.
He clocked in at 111km/h during the time of impact.
After the incident, Davidson could be heard saying: “What have I done? ... I have killed people ... I am going to jail.”
Police said he had a blood alcohol reading of 0.15 which was three times the legal limit.
The man also had MDMA in his system.
Danny Abdallah, who is the father of three of the children who were killed, told the court in March that while he blamed not only Davidson but also the culture accepts consuming excessive drugs and alcohol as good.
“This culture needs to stop, because of this culture I buried half of my children,” Mr Abdallah said.