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Sister Sentenced to 5 Years for Fatal Drink-Driving Crash

10/11/2025

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Arohanui Siakifilo was sentenced to five years in prison for a May 2023 drink-driving crash in Otahuhu, South Auckland, which killed her sister Julie, 25, who was celebrating her Mother's Day, and injured three others.
Justice O’Gorman rejected that police failure to notice intoxication reduced culpability.
Her blood alcohol level was over three times the legal limit.
Justice O’Gorman said forgiveness from family and friends did not lessen the sentence.

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Arohanui Siakifilo was sentenced to five years in prison for a May 2023 drink-driving crash in Otahuhu, South Auckland, which killed her sister Julie, 25, who was celebrating her Mother's Day, and injured three others.
Justice O’Gorman rejected that police failure to notice intoxication reduced culpability.
Her blood alcohol level was over three times the legal limit.
Justice O’Gorman said forgiveness from family and friends did not lessen the sentence.