An Ipswich P-plater who killed his two cousins in a horror crash on New Year's Day last year has had his bid for a reduced sentence rejected by the state's highest court.
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Rikihana Kimiora Patara Nikora, 20, pleaded guilty in the Ipswich District Court in January this year to dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death while being adversely affected by alcohol.
The court heard that during the early hours of January, 1, 2013, Nikora was driving his Subaru Impreza along Glebe Rd, Booval, at speeds of up to 125kmh when he lost control of the vehicle.
The vehicle subsequently careered on to the footpath where it rolled and slid 172 metres through two yards before striking a tree and a house.
Nikora's two cousins, aged 17 and 28, who were in the car with him at the time, were thrown from the vehicle and killed.
Read more on the Queensland Times website.
