A DRUNK and drug-affected driver who killed a young woman in a high-speed crash at Andrews Farm last year has had his sentence increased following an appeal.

In February, Akol Agiu Akol, 20, was sentenced to three years, one month and 25 days in prison over the fatal crash which killed 19-year-old Bor Mabil on Andrews Road.

He was given a non-parole period of two-and-a-half years, which meant he would be eligible for release in August 2021.

The Director of Public Prosecutions immediately appealed the sentence, with the Supreme Court of Criminal Appeal upholding it last week.

Now, Akol will be sentenced to six years and six months behind bars, with a non-parole period of three years, seven months and three weeks.

He will be eligible for release in September 2022 and will be disqualified from driving for 15 years, up from 13 years in the original sentence.

Following the fatal crash, which occurred during a street race, Akol was estimated to have a blood-alcohol level of 0.220 and was high on MDMA.

He was also disqualified from driving at the time as a result of a head-on collision on the Northern Expressway in September 2018, where he was also drunk behind the wheel.

In the court’s judgement, Justice Mark Livesey wrote Akol deserved a longer sentence, despite his relatively young age.

“The sentence also needed to reflect that the respondent’s conduct in the early hours of Australia Day 2019 was not only dangerous but seriously reckless,” he wrote.

“Driving at high speed whilst heavily affected by alcohol on the wrong side of a suburban roadway at night, approaching a left-hand bend, cannot be relegated to mere immaturity, particularly given the previous offending only four months before.

“The respondent knew that there were young passengers in both vehicles.

“The risk of really serious injury or death to the occupants of both vehicles must have been obvious given the ‘near miss’ with an oncoming vehicle only moments before the motor accident.”

Ms Mabil – the sister of former Adelaide United winger Awer Mabil – was sitting in the front seat without a seatbelt on and died instantly when the crash occurred.

Prior to the crash, a second vehicle had sped past the vehicle Akol was driving, which led to the race and the fatal accident.

Justice Livesey wrote the sentence was “manifestly inadequate”.

“The sentence is so disproportionate to the seriousness of the crime as to require intervention so that appropriate standards of penalty, and public confidence in the administration of justice, can be maintained,” he wrote.

“Notwithstanding that the respondent was a young offender, the sentence of imprisonment which was imposed was in this case manifestly inadequate, enlivening this court’s authority to intervene.

“Not only is the head sentence too low, but the need to protect the safety of the community requires a longer period of licence disqualification as well.”