A drunk driver will spend at least the next seven years behind bars for killing a young model.

But Elise Hodder's heartbroken parents say they have been given a life sentence.

"Our Elise was one of the most beautiful, loving people that you can imagine," her father Michael Hodder said outside court on Monday after Connor Mathiasson was jailed.

"She has no life, she's got no future ... we, her family and friends, have got a life sentence. And this continues because of poor policy, poor legislation for the state."

The 24-year-old was arriving at a rave to celebrate her friend Emma Swords' birthday when they were struck in a car park.

Mathiasson was unlicensed and had been drink-driving and speeding on his way to the Kooyong rave on October 12, 2024, sharing a 10-pack of Jack Daniels and

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