Drunk L-plater who mowed down and killed boy, 15, gets death threats after she was spared jail

A woman who escaped jail over the death of a teenage boy in a hit-and-run crash has been inundated with abusive death threats.

Rouxle Le Roux, 19, was ordered to 11 months of home detention and 250 hours of community service in a New Zealand court on Friday over the death of young cyclist, Nathan Kraatskow, 15, in Auckland earlier this year. 

The lenient sentence has sparked outrage from Nathan’s grieving parents and a public backlash against Le Roux, who has since been bombarded with death threats from outside her home.

Nathan Kraatskow (pictured) was a caring and loving young teen who aspired to be in the Royal New Zealand Air Force before his life was tragically cut short

‘On Saturday night she had people outside her house, screaming that they want to kill her,’ Le Roux’s lawyer Belinda Sellars told the New Zealand Herald. 

The recent death threats are on top of the online bullying Ms Le Roux has received since she ploughed into Nathan on Oteha Valley Road onto Auckland’s north shore on May 18.

The learner driver had been drinking wine and smoking cannabis on the night she got behind the wheel.

Despite Le Roux’s name being suppressed at the time, she became the victim of online bullying after someone contacted her classmates and notified them of the incident.  

‘I hope Nathan’s faced is burned in your memory for the rest of your life,’ one post stated.

Rouxle Le Roux (pictured) has received death threats since she was ordered to 11 months of home detention and 250 hours of community over the death of a teen in a hit-and-run crash

Rouxle Le Roux (pictured) has received death threats since she was ordered to 11 months of home detention and 250 hours of community over the death of a teen in a hit-and-run crash

The recent death threats against Le Roux are on top of the online bullying she's received

The recent death threats against Le Roux are on top of the online bullying she’s received

Ms Sellars claimed the death threats have been frightening for her client, who has vowed to learn from her mistakes. 

‘She has said this is an awful situation, and what she has already learned is she needs to make sure she does not waste her life, makes the most of what is available to her, shows she is a good person and contributes to society,’ Ms Sellars told the New Zealand Herald.

‘Home detention is a tough sentence and particularly tough to a young person. At the moment she has just been at home, too terrified to do anything.’

Disappointed in last week’s sentence, the victim’s mother Charlene Kraatskow started a Change.org petition lobbying for harsher penalties to be introduced by the judicial system.

The petition also urged the Crown to appeal against the lenient sentence. 

Rouxle Le Roux's lawyer Belinda Sellars said her client (pictured)  has also been doing it tough since the sentencing, where she has received death threats

Rouxle Le Roux’s lawyer Belinda Sellars said her client (pictured)  has also been doing it tough since the sentencing, where she has received death threats

‘Our 15-year-old son Nathan was killed in a hit and run and the 19-year-old girl that killed him while under the influence of drugs and alcohol only got 11 months home detention,’ the online petition states.

‘Because of her mental state and no previous convictions and because of her rough up bringing. What about my son where is the justice here?’

The petition attracted more than 143,000 signatures within four days and was presented to politicians from both major parties outside New Zealand Parliament on Tuesday. 

The petition will soon be tabled in parliament. 

‘We handed the petition over today but please continue to sign and share thanks you all could not have done this without you,’ Mrs Kraatskow posted on the petition. 

Ms Le Roux (pictured in court) had no previous convictions and has been disqualified from driving for two years and six months

Ms Le Roux (pictured in court) had no previous convictions and has been disqualified from driving for two years and six months

Nathan Kraatskow's mother Charlene (pictured with Nathan) started an online petition following the lenient sentence which was  handed down last Friday

Nathan Kraatskow’s mother Charlene (pictured with Nathan) started an online petition following the lenient sentence which was  handed down last Friday

Opposition Justice spokesman Mark Mitchell has vowed to take up the fight.

‘The reason Nathan’s case is so close to home for me is I have my own son called Nathan who is also 15,’ the MP later posted on his Facebook page on Tuesday.

‘When Nathan’s mum and dad left that courtroom they should have felt they had genuine input and influence over the outcome. Anything less is not acceptable. I am starting to see signals that there is a softening of sentencing, bail and parole rules. We will fight hard to stop this as it will end up with an avoidable tragedy.’

'Where is the justice here?' Charlene asks more than 100,000 people who have signed a petition to enforce stronger penalties against the young woman who killed her son

‘Where is the justice here?’ Charlene asks more than 100,000 people who have signed a petition to enforce stronger penalties against the young woman who killed her son

The court that while Le Roux was on bail, she posted a Halloween selfie on Instagram in a prison jumpsuit with the caption 'hide your children'

The court that while Le Roux was on bail, she posted a Halloween selfie on Instagram in a prison jumpsuit with the caption ‘hide your children’

In the Auckland District Court last Friday, Judge Nicola Mathers said there was ‘no purpose’ in a jail sentence for Le Roux.

Ms Le Roux had no previous convictions and has been disqualified from driving for two years and six months.

The level of alcohol and narcotics in her system at the time of the incident will never be known as Le Roux did not report to police until 16 hours after the crash. 

How the Horror Crash unfolded

Nathan Kraatskow was cycling home from a friend’s place in Hobsonville, Auckland 

Kraatskow crossed into the intersection on Oteha Valley Road wearing headphones and no helmet

Rouxle Le Roux’s vehicle ploughed into the crossing sending the boy across the bonnet and airborne

Le Roux was driving 11km an hour over the speed limit, had been drinking wine and smoked cannabis that night

Kraatskow landed and died at the scene shortly before 11pm on May 18

Le Roux slowed down before her two passengers told her to keep driving

She then pulled over from distress and her friend Sam took over the wheel

The damaged car was driven to a friend’s house

The friends drove back past the scene in another car and saw police

News reports alerted the friends and Le Roux the boy died in the crash

The next day, Le Roux’s mum and Sam went to a panel beater to seek advice about the damaged car 

16 hours later, Le Roux and the two passengers went to the police   

Alcohol and cannabis levels in Le Roux’s bloodstream could not be determined when she handed herself in to police the following day. 

While on bail, she shared a Halloween selfie with her more than 1,700 Instagram followers in a prison jumpsuit with the caption ‘hide your children’. 

An early guilty plea was entered by the South African teen but there was no sign of forgiveness from the father of the deceased, Orion Kraatskow.

Mr Kraatskow said to the teenager in court, ‘I don’t want to hear you say sorry because I don’t believe it,’ Stuff New Zealand reported. 

The Kraatskow family told of how they originally felt sorry for the girl but their minds changed when they were inundated with social media posts involving alcohol and partying while Le Roux was out on bail. 

 ‘I just could not understand how someone could be so heartless and think this whole thing was a joke?’ Mrs Kraatskow said.

Crown prosecutor Robin McCoubrey said the Halloween photo sat uneasily with claims of remorse and sorrow. 

More than 500 people attended Nathan’s funeral earlier this year, where he was remembered as a caring and loving young man who aspired to be in the Royal New Zealand Air Force from when he was five.

‘My heart is absolutely broken, I don’t think it will ever get better, I think we will just learn to live without him,’ Mrs Kraatskow said.

‘I will always miss my cheeky, caring boy and will always dream of the man he was growing up to be.’

Nathan Kraatskow (pictured) had childhood ream of joining the Royal New Zealand Air Force

Nathan Kraatskow (pictured) had childhood ream of joining the Royal New Zealand Air Force

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