High-profile doctor sentenced to at least 8 years in prison after causing fatal crash

Perth obstetrician Rhys Henry Stone Bellinge, 46, pleaded guilty to unlawfully killing Elizabeth Pearce, 24, while driving his supercharged Jaguar in Dalkeith near Perth, in February 2025. He was sentenced in the Western Australian Supreme Court to 10 years and six months imprisonment, with parole eligibility after serving eight years and six months.