<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An enraged and heavily intoxicated </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/doctors" rel="" target="" title="doctor"><span>doctor</span></a><span> who killed a young woman in a high-speed </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/crashes" rel="" target="" title="crash"><span>crash</span></a><span> will serve at least eight years behind bars.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="http://9news.com.au/perth" rel="" target="" title="Perth"><span>Perth</span></a><span> obstetrician Rhys Henry Stone Bellinge, 46, pleaded guilty to unlawfully killing Elizabeth Pearce, 24, while driving his supercharged Jaguar in Perth's leafy riverside suburb of Dalkeith in February 2025.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was sentenced in the </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/western-australia" rel="" target="" title="Western Australian"><span>Western Australian</span></a><span> Supreme </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/courts" rel="" target="" title="Court"><span>Court</span></a><span> today to 10 years and six months imprisonment, with parole eligibility after serving eight years and six months.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"You ruined your own life, as well as those of your victims," Justice Amanda Forrester said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The father-of-two had been drinking rum, wine and beer at the football in the hours before the crash at 10.13pm.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was recorded as having a blood alcohol reading of 0.183 soon after the collision - almost four times over the legal alcohol limit.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Dashcam footage played to the court recorded Bellinge yelling vitriolic profanities about his estranged wife before the crash.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/perth-obstetrician-rhys-henry-stone-bellinge-learns-sentence-for-fatal-crash/0f09559c-c742-43e8-b1cc-9787ff10d12f" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I hate you ... You're a piece of shit ... That is my house ... You're robbing me," he said before accelerating away outside a home he previously shared with his family.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The footage shows Bellinge's car speeding down dark suburban streets and tailgating vehicles as he continues to shout vile statements at other drivers and his wife, reaching speeds in excess of 130km/h.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Seconds before the crash, Bellinge's high-revving Jaguar approaches a sweeping bend in the road, which he fails to negotiate, leading to the collision with an Uber travelling in the opposite direction.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"What a f---wit ... I'm so sorry," Bellinge was recorded saying after the crash.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Pearce was a passenger in the Honda Jazz Uber struck by Bellinge's Jaguar, which was travelling at 116km/h just before the collision.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Honda was pushed 40 metres by the impact. Pearce, who was seated in the back of the vehicle, later died in hospital from her injuries.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Outside court, her father, Andrew, said his daughter was a "beautiful young woman" whose life was full of promise.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"She was smart, she was witty, empathetic, all those good qualities of a decent human being," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"She didn't deserve this at all."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Bellinge dropped his head to his knees and closed his eyes as the sentence was handed down.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The former bricklayer-turned-medico had told police his "emotions went bananas" when he drove to his former family home, and that the visit had triggered him and he was crying as he drove away.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He blamed the incident on a car turning in front of him, and the court heard he had a limited recollection of the events, although Forrester said she doubted this.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Your car was a powerful weapon that you used an outlet for your anger while fuelled by alcohol," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>With Bellinge speeding and intoxicated, his Jaguar was "an unguided missile that was going to cause death or injury to someone", prosecutor Justin Whalley said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Bellinge also pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing grievous bodily harm while under the influence of alcohol over the injuries to Uber driver Muhammad Usman.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Then aged 25, Usman suffered two broken legs and arm injuries in the late-night collision.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He attended court with the aid of a walking stick.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Bellinge, who was a fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, suffered spinal injuries in the incident.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Defence lawyer David Grace said Bellinge, who has been in protective custody while on remand, had been taking powerful prescription drugs and was self-medicating with alcohol.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was behaving "oddly" and depressed following separation from his wife.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He had also swigged from the rum bottle that police found in his car before the crash, Grace said as he summarised a medical report that pointed to Bellinge's alcohol abuse.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Bellinge, whose medical licence has been suspended, admitted reckless driving while exceeding the speed limit by 45km/h and dangerous driving in the days leading up to the crash that killed Pearce.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was banned on Tuesday from holding a WA driver licence for five years.</span></div></div><div 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