AP
–
A British tourist who attacked and killed a man while riding an e-scoater in Australia pleaded guilty to dangerous driving charges that caused death while under the influence of alcohol.
Alicia Kemp, 25, admitted the charges during a hearing in Western Australia’s Magistrates’ Court, officials told The Associated Press. According to Australian news outlets, Kemp was riding an e-scoater with a Perth passenger on May 31, when he attacked a 51-year-old man.
Tan Hwang hit her head on the pavement and later died in the hospital. Kemp and the scooter passengers were minor injuries.
According to investigators at Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Kemp was visiting Western Australia from the UK on a working holiday visa.
When KEMP appeared on Monday through a video link from prison, accusations of harming passengers were dropped. She was previously denied bail.
Kemp’s lawyer, Mike Tudri, told reporters outside the court that his client was “tensive and worried” as a “young foreign girl” in an Australian prison.
“She obviously did something stupid,” he said, according to the Australian Associated Press. “She obviously hadn’t thought of, there were levels, there were results, she wants to continue her life.”
According to AAP, fans’ family described him as “a beloved husband, a father of two fathers and a dear friend.”
Kemp will remain in custody until he appears in the next court on October 31st, when the sentencing date is set. The charges are sentenced to a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
Perth officials have suspended city e-scooter rentals after the death of Fan, the fifth in 2025, in which state e-vehicles was involved. The state government has also launched an investigation into vehicles.
Melbourne, Victoria, was the first Australian city to ban e-Scooter employment in 2024. The move reflects the ban in several cities around the world, including Paris, France, where the ban was overwhelmingly approved in April 2023.
