Fatal hit-run case in court
“I’ll never forget that phone call in the middle of the night that forever plays in a loop in my mind,” she told Brisbane Supreme Court on Friday.
In a devastating victim impact statement, Grafton’s mother told Fursey she would never forgive him.
“With your reckless disregard you took my boy away from me,” Kerryn Grafton said.
“Not only have you killed my son, you have destroyed the life of my family.”
Ms Grafton said carrying the burden of taking her son’s life would be a weight that never goes away for Fursey.
Kai Fursey handed himself in to Acacia Ridge police over the alleged hit-and-run.
“Hopefully that destroys you,” she said.
Bennett said she hoped for the longest sentence possible for Fursey but feared “you still get to live your life despite destroying ours”.
Fursey, 30, on Friday pleaded guilty to manslaughter and dangerous driving causing grievous bodily harm before leaving the scene of an accident.
He also pleaded guilty to receiving stolen property, motor vehicle theft, and drug possession.
Fursey was intoxicated on drugs and made no attempt to brake before causing “carnage”, crown prosecutor Michael Gawrych told Justice Martin Burns.
“Data collected from the period before the airbag deployed demonstrated he applied the accelerator at 100 per cent force at 1.5 seconds before the impact,” he said.
Fursey fled the scene and handed himself in to police five days after the crash.
Fursey had co-operated with justice and brought the case to a sentence relatively swiftly, defence barrister Colin Reid said.
“He has some understanding of the enormity of what he has done,” Reid said.
“He still has a family to support him. When he is released, there is some hope for him.”
Fursey was remanded in custody after Justice Burns reserved his decision, with sentencing set for next Thursday.
AAP
