A truck driver who killed a Victorian mother and father and two of their children when he failed to pull up at a stop sign has been jailed for 10 years, with a minimum of six and a half.
Jobandeep Singh Gill, 28, was found guilty of four counts of culpable driving causing death after the crash he caused claimed the lives of Stephen and Jade Beckett and their children Ella, 6, and William, 2 in February last year.
In sentencing, Victorian County Court judge Geoffrey Chettle said the consequences of Gill's actions were horrendous.
"Cases such as these are a real tragedy for all involved," Judge Chettle said.
"The surviving members of the family will forever mourn the loss.
"Your wife must watch you go to jail."
The four family members died after their car was hit by Gill's truck at an intersection at Catani, southeast of Melbourne.
Nine-year-old Samuel Beckett was pulled to safety by a passer-by before the car was engulfed in flames.
A psychological report tendered in court said the crash had a "shattering" effect on the boy.
He suffers from post traumatic stress disorder, shock, grief and bereavement and shows debilitating signs of severe trauma.
Judge Chettle said Gill had good prospects for rehabilitation, but he was concerned by the Noble Park man's apparent lack of remorse.
"You have not acknowledged your responsibility for the deaths of the Beckett family," he said.
Speaking outside court, Stephen Beckett's father Peter said justice had been done.
He was happy with the outcome, but had no sympathy for Gill or his family.
"There's been no remorse, no sorry, which is a little bit disappointing, but that's the way it goes," Mr Beckett told reporters.
He said nobody would ever know what really happened the day of the crash because so many lies had been told.
The jail sentence wouldn't bring back his family, he said.
"Sammy's still got to suffer, we'll all suffer but justice has been done and I'm quite happy."
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