Tanya Lee Mitchell jailed over drink-drive death of her husband Tanya Lee Mitchell, centre, outside the Victorian County Court. A WOMAN who killed the man she loved while speeding and drink-driving has been jailed in the hope her story will save lives by deterring others from dangerous driving, a Victorian judge says. A packed courtroom erupted in wailing and tears today as Tanya Lee Mitchell, 26, was jailed for two and a half years over the crash that killed her husband of three months, Sandeep Singh. The Keilor woman had been doing at least 85km/h in a 60km/h zone and had a blood-alcohol concentration of at least .077 per cent when she lost control of her car and crashed into a brick fence and garage of a house in 2010, the Victorian County Court was told today. She suffered traumatic brain injury and a fractured spine in the East Keilor crash and has since suffered anxiety and intense depression, the court heard. Judge Geoffrey Chettle said Mitchell had already been significantly personally punished for her offending. He said dangerous driving was a crime often committed by otherwise law-abiding people who "never think it will happen to them." But although she would feel pain for the rest of her life knowing she had killed the man she loved, Judge Chettle said he had no alternative but to jail Mitchell in the hope it would save someone else's life. "You were young and I suspect, bulletproof and in love," said Judge Chettle. People who kill others, tragically too often their own family and friends ... need to know the severe consequences of their actions. If you drink, drive, and drive at excessive speed and you kill someone, even if it is your partner, you will go to jail. You could only wish you could have the 22nd of August 2010 over again, but unfortunately you can't. The court heard she had been a popular, vibrant woman who was now crippled by grief and remorse and without hope for the future. A medical report said she was desperate to find a way of expiating the guilt she felt. Judge Chettle said 18 months of Mitchell's sentence would be suspended for two years. He took into account Mitchell's prior good character, lack of convictions and excellent prospects of rehabilitation. Mitchell, who sobbed throughout the entire hearing, will spend one year in jail.