The father of a teen killed in a hit-and-run says the driver doesn't deserve a second chance and hasn't been appropriately punished for her actions.
Orion Kraatskow's son, 15-year-old Nathan, was biking home in May 2018 when he was hit by a driver on an off-ramp in Albany, Auckland.
Rouxle Le Roux, aged 19 at the time, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 11 months' home detention, 250 hours of community work and was disqualified from driving for two-and-a-half years.
She has finished her home detention sentence, but Kraatskow believes she doesn't deserve a second chance to prove herself.
"She hasn't shown remorse that we've seen. She has had it so easy, she hasn't had a punishment. Imprisonment was justifiable. We feel we are being walked over and she is getting whatever she wants," he told NZME.
Le Roux, now 20, said she thinks about what happened and what she took away from his family, and feels lucky to have a second chance to prove herself.
"I know they don't see me in the best eyes and I don't blame them. They lost their son because of me, but I am not the monster I have been portrayed to be," she told NZME.
Le Roux was driving her friend's Mercedes-Benz after consuming alcohol and cannabis earlier in the day when the incident occurred. She was also on a learner licence.
While Nathan was cycling, he was wearing headphones but no helmet, and crossed the road on a red pedestrian signal.
Le Roux's case caused national outrage in 2018, and a petition signed by 150,000 people believing she got off too lightly and should have spent time in prison was presented to Parliament.
