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Laine Clark

Drink driver jailed after grandma killed

A serial offender has been jailed after driving while intoxicated and killing a grandmother. (Samantha Manchee/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

A beloved 85-year-old grandmother's trip home from hospital ended in tragedy when a heavily intoxicated Thomas Ronald Casey ran a red light, a court has heard.

Casey, 41, was more than five times over the legal blood alcohol limit when he drove into oncoming traffic at a Brisbane intersection in May 2021, tearing the "heart and soul" out of a family.

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