<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A teenage boy at the centre of a </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/maryborough-crash-teen-driver-behind-crash-that-killed-three-women-sentenced-to-six-years-detention/598d5d53-fb40-40c9-b51e-d7a59d58764c" rel="" target="" title="horrific triple fatal crash in central Queensland in 2023"><span>horrific triple fatal crash in central Queensland in 2023</span></a><span> will face no extra time behind bars after the attorney-general lost an appeal to have a year added to his sentence.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The then 13-year-old boy, who cannot be named, admitted to speeding at more than 200km/h down a highway near Maryborough, on the Fraser Coast, and causing a three-car crash that killed Michale Chandler, 29, Kelsie Davies, 17, and Sheree Robertson, 52.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was sentenced to six years, to serve 60 per cent of that time behind bars.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/australia-weather-update-severe-conditions-for-south-eastern-states/0eec56a9-c53e-4080-9094-b87630694aa0" target="_blank"><strong><span>Polar blast brings 100km/h winds and blizzards for millions</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Attorney-General Deb Frecklington ordered an appeal against the "manifestly inadequate" sentence, arguing the teen should have received seven years, the maximum sentence at the time.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Under the LNP government's new </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/queensland-adult-crime-adult-time-laws-what-does-it-mean-how-will-it-work-explained/83159539-1a80-4912-9328-6a2fcee79b23" rel="" target="" title='"adult crime, adult time" laws'><span>"adult crime, adult time" laws</span></a><span> he could have faced up to 20 years.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>After two weeks of deliberations, three appeal judges decided to throw out the appeal, finding the six-year sentence was "significant" and "appropriate" given the teen's age, guilty plea, lack of criminal history and "positive engagement" with detention programs.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/queensland-adult-crime-adult-time-court-denies-attorney-general-appeal-to-extend-sentence-of-teen-who-caused-maryborough-triple-fatal-crash-news/b1c979db-2beb-4f47-9af2-98565dfbf124" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The families of the victims were not in court to hear the appeal denied.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Victims advocate Lyndy Atkinson told 9News she was disappointed and frustrated by the decision.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It speaks for itself that the victims here are not here, because they just, they knew that there wouldn't be any change," Atkinson said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It just doesn't meet community expectations.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He's out at the end of next year and he'll be 16.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Leading his best life and yet he's destroyed so many lives, three lives, and all the families with it."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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