Aussie receives light sentence for fatal motorcycle accident

Fred2

I think the sentence was harsh as when you pay compensation to the family that is the end of the matter. Maybe because he was a westerner he had to do jail time to make like the court system in Indonesia is working well.

geedee

I know I probably don't understand the culture $5600 and 2 months prison is very light sentence for a life in any culture

Fred2

Not in Indonesia, last year a young boy kill more then 5 people in a car accident, he was too young to have a licence but his father didn't care. He's father had to pay a lot of money, his son was never arrested and he's father complained when the police wouldnt allow he's son to travel to Singapore for medical treatment.

geedee

Fred2 wroteNot in Indonesia, last year a young boy kill more then 5 people in a car accident, he was too young to have a licence but his father didn't care. He's father had to pay a lot of money, his son was never arrested and he's father complained when the police wouldnt allow he's son to travel to Singapore for medical treatment.

How much for 5 lives?

balinews

Australian man Joshua Terelinck has been sentenced to a jail term of two months and 15 days for causing the death of an Indonesian man in a motorcycle accident in Bali this year. He will be released from Bali's Kerobokan jail on December 22 given the sentence was minus time already served in detention. The victim's father had testified that Terelinck had already compensated the family 55 million Rupiah (about $5600) for his son's death and the family considered "things as finished". Both Terelinck and the prosecutor accepted the sentence, with Terelinck breaking into a smile after Denpasar District Court was adjourned on Wednesday. "Honestly, I'm happy with the outcome for a tough situation," he said outside court. "I just want to process what has happened." Asked how he felt about being released within a week, Terelinck said he "can't be happier", adding that he urged Australian motorcyclists in Bali to be careful. The court had earlier heard the victim had died seven days after the accident in North Kuta on July 9, following surgery to remove a blood clot on his brain. The indictment said Terelinck was lost and travelling about 40-50 kilometres an hour when he crashed into the victim at 2am, throwing him into the gutter. The panel of judges found Terelinck "convincingly guilty" of negligently causing the death of a person in a traffic accident. Judge Wayan Sukanila said Terelinck made no effort to comprehend the traffic situation at the time of the crash. However he said Terelinck had been polite in court, admitted his guilt and was remorseful. Read more: Australian Joshua Terelinck jailed in Bali over motorcycle death Follow us: @smh on Twitter | sydneymorningherald on Facebook

Fred2

I think he paid for the children to go to school & Uni. Jakarta Globe Jakarta. Prosecutors asked for a two-year probation for Indonesian rock star Ahmad Dhani's 13-year-old son, who was involved in a car crash last year that killed seven people. “That means that the defendant [Abdul Qodir Jaelani] may be imprisoned for up to a year if he commits any crime during the probation period,” Lidya Wongsonegoro, a lawyer for the boy, said on Wednesday after the hearing at the East Jakarta District Court. Lidya said she would negotiate so her client would get a more lenient sentence. “We’re only at the sentence-demand stage and we still have a chance to read our defense,” she said. “We will try our best so Dul will be freed from all charges,” she said, referring to her client’s by his nickname. Abdul, the son of prominent musician and music producer Ahmad Dhani, stands accused of driving his Mitsubishi Lancer at 176 kilometers per hour south on the Jagorawi toll road before losing control of the vehicle during the early morning hours of Sept. 8, 2013. The car careened out of control, smashed through the steel center divider and collided head-on with a northbound Daihatsu Gran Max minivan carrying 13 people. The minivan then stuck a Toyota Avanza. Seven people died in the pileup, while eight suffered injuries. Abdul was hospitalized with a fractured leg while his father kept his son in the dark about what had happened. The musician also blamed the toll road operator, other drivers and his insurance company for the accident. He did not say why he allowed his underage son to drive.

Fred2

I remember the father saying that the mini van was over loaded and it was there fault because there was too many people in the van.