An Australian man whose girlfriend died when their jet skis collided at high speed off the southern Thai resort island of Phuket has been given a suspended one-year prison sentence.
Thomas Keating, 22, pleaded guilty at Phuket Provincial Court and on Thursday was handed the one-year sentence – suspended for two years – for criminal negligence that led to the death last month of Emily Jayne Collie, 20.
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Boyfriend charged after fatal jet ski accident
Thomas Keating, the partner of Victorian woman Emily Collie, who was killed when two jet skis crashed in waters off Phuket, will be charged with reckless driving causing death. Vision courtesy: Channel Seven
He was fined 5000 baht ($A189) and was allowed to leave Thailand.
Keating has said he was blinded by the sun when his jet ski crashed into hers.
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Keating was accompanied by family members, his lawyer and Craig Ferguson, the Australian Consul-General for Phuket in court on Thursday.
AP