Capel drug driver jailed for life

Shaun Southern has been sentenced to life behind bars for murdering Busselton mother Jenni Pratt.

The 47-year-old father of two was driving his LandCruiser erratically and on the wrong side of Bussell Highway, Capel when he crashed head on into Ms Pratt’s car.

She was killed and her friend Karen William’s was seriously injured.

Ms Williams was in court today to hear the life sentence handed down with a minimum 22 years behind bars.

When handing down the sentence, the judge said “the only explanation for your shocking and extraordinary actions is meth intoxicating".

Shaun Southern started taking meth when he was 40-years-old, the court heard it developed into an addiction and he was taking it every day.

The 47-year-old suffered a severe brain injury in the crash and has no recollection of what happened.

The family of Jennifer Pratt and Karen Williams thanked the witnesses who gave evidence in the trial.

“We’d like to wholeheartedly thank the brave individuals who put themselves at risk, filming the event and providing the evidence that has made the process of achieving justice so much easier than it could have otherwise been” they said.