near Katherine in June this year when Brettson Payne fell from the caravan, suffering fatal head and internal injuries.Igescu was today sentenced for driving a motor vehicle causing death and engaging in reckless conduct which gave rise to a danger of death.In handing down the jail sentence, Supreme Court Justice Judith Kelly said Igescu had "breached the trust" of the children's families.
On the day of the fatal incident, one of the children was allowed to sit on Igescu's lap to steer the car down the highway."The wind caught that door and it slammed open, and the little boy fell out where he lay on the road," Justice Kelly said. Speaking outside court, Brettson's older sister, Nikaiya Payne, said the sentence gave the family a sense justice had been served.