Peng Wang, a 29-year-old Chinese national, was today sentenced to 80 hours' community work and ordered to pay $25,000 after being found guilty of careless driving causing injury last week. Newshub journalist Karen Rutherford was hit by Wang's car while riding her daughter's horse, Curious George, last August. "He's basically stolen eight months of our life and all he gets is 80 hours community work," she told the Herald after sentencing. Ms Rutherford said she expected a harsher sentence, not necessarily jail time but at least 120 hours' community work. Wang was also ordered to do 80 hours' community work, which Judge Down said would have been significantly longer if Wang's visa didn't expire in a couple of weeks.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 05, 2017 06:56 UTC