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Emily Woods

Driver jailed for five years for taking five lives

Christopher Joannidis could be paroled within three years after causing five deaths in a crash. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

A judge has handed a driver a fraction of the maximum possible jail sentence for killing five people and a dog in one of Victoria's deadliest crashes.

Christopher Joannidis, who was warned by police about the dangerous roads in Strathmerton minutes before the crash, was jailed for five-and-a-half years but could walk free in less than three years on parole.

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