A woman who accelerated through a school fence and killed an 11-year-old boy will walk free from court with a $2000 fine and a cancelled driver's licence.

The grieving parents of Jack Davey, 11, attended the Melbourne Magistrates court on Wednesday morning as the driver was sentenced.

Shaymaa Oun Ghazi Zuhaira, 41, was convicted of the single offence of careless driving, an offence that only warrants a maximum penalty of a $2400 fine.

She had her licence cancelled and was disqualified from driving for two years. Zuhaira earlier pleaded guilty to the careless driving charge over the October 29, 2024 crash at Auburn South Primary School.

The Davey family gave statements to the court about how her lesser charge had compounded their grief.

Zuhaira was pulling out of a parallel park outsid

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