'Devoid of moral qualms': fatal hit-run driver jailed

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'Devoid of moral qualms': fatal hit-run driver jailed
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The 30-year-old's "pattern of lawless behaviour" was aired by Judge Frances Hogan in Melbourne's County Court on Monday, as he was jailed for at least five years over an earlier deadly hit and run.

Less than three weeks after leaving a cyclist to die, Peter Koutsogiannakis caused another dangerous crash in Victoria.

's County Court on Monday, as he was jailed for at least five years over an earlier deadly hit and run.Koutsogiannakis drove through a red light and struck cyclist Makaro Manapori, 58, as he was riding to work in Hampton Park on January 6, 2022.He was left "like roadkill" to die by Koutsogiannakis, the judge said previously, after he drove off and set fire to the stolen car used in the crash.

Driving dangerously had "become a way of life" for him, and his decade-long criminal record showed he had "scant regard" for the road rules and safety of others, Judge Hogan said. Judge Hogan said he had a complete lack of remorse for the offending, which he continues to deny despite handing himself into police.

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