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A grieving Australian father has slammed the refusal to appeal the sentence given the drug-affected driver who killed his daughter and her new boyfriend in a head-on car crash.
Lauren Quabba, 16, and Evan Fielder, 19, died after a teenage driver in possession of MDMA crashed his Toyota Hilux into them after falling asleep on the Bruce Highway at Babinda on October 27, 2019.
After the Queensland Attorney-General confirmed the driver's suspended sentence would not be appealed, father Rodney Quabba called the decision 'horses***' and 'totally out of touch'.
Lauren Quabba's (pictured) father Rodney called the decision not to appeal the suspended sentence given to the drug-affected driver who killed her 'horses***'
Both Lauren Quabba and Evan Fielder, who confirmed they were dating only days before the crash, died at the scene
Mr Quabba had called the original sentence 'atrocious' and called for an overhaul of the juvenile justice system, the Cairns Post reported.
His daughter updated her Facebook profile just days before the fatal head-on accident to confirm she and Mr Fielder were in a relationship.
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