your client [Nguyen] from taking off afterwards." The 13-year-old girl's bike was left warped after the hit-run in Coburg. Nguyen later claimed she did not realise she had hit someone, though some of the victim's hair was left in the windscreen of the car she was driving.

Prosecutor Robyn Harper said that, instead of jail, Nguyen should lose her licence for four years and partake in community service and road trauma awareness programs. Nguyen's defence counsel, David Grace QC, argued that his client did stop in a side street because it was dangerous to do so on busy Bell St and that she ran back to the corner to assess the scene. He said Nguyen believed she had only hit a bike, and that she initially thought no onelawyer told police immediately and it was agreed Ms Nguyen would hand herself in on the Thursday morning. Thi Nguyen after handing herself in November. Credit:Jason South Ms Harper said Nguyen had committed the offences because she did not stay at the scene for long enough or try and help the victim.

"She stopped very briefly around the corner but she did not render assistance and she didn't stop immediately," Ms Harper said. Ms Harper said Nguyen knew police were looking for her as early as the day after the incident because of media reports and because the car was registered in a friend's name, who contacted Nguyen after police told them they were looking for the BMW driver. Mr Grace said Nguyen moved to Australia from Vietnam in