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Lloyd Jones

Hit-run driver had racist motive to flee, court told

Judges have heard racist texts from a driver who killed one Aboriginal man and injured another. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

A fatal hit-and-run driver who called his Aboriginal victim an oxygen thief shirked his moral obligation to stop and assist on the basis of racism, a court has been told.

In June 2024 Jake Danby hit two Aboriginal men with his car, killing one and injuring the other, but when sentenced he was only given a 12-month community corrections order, with five months in home detention.

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