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UNCOVERED: Unlicensed killer driver under punished victims say | History Defined

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Matthew Jennings (left) and Neil Mendham can't fathom the sentence over the fatal crash. (Rex Martinich/AAP PHOTOS)

Two motorcyclists who witnessed their friend being fatally struck by an unlicensed driver have questioned the offender's sentence, saying it "does not match the crime".

Darren Wright, Matthew Jennings and Neil Mendham were riding their motorcycles on the evening of May 21, 2023 at Burpengary, north of Brisbane, having completed a trip around the Sunshine Coast.

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