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Ottawa’s Stephanie Albert wanted to meet the eyes of the drunk driver who ruined her life as he was wheeled from a Perth courtroom to serve a 3 1/2-year prison term.

“I wanted to be the last thing he saw in the courtroom before he went to jail, because I wanted him to think about me while he’s in there,” the 30-year-old Albert said Tuesday.

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“I didn’t say anything to him; I just looked at him. I didn’t let him see me cry until the door closed behind him: There was anger, rage, sadness — and a little bit of relief, if I’m honest.”

Roy Radke, 37, a paraplegic who uses a wheelchair because of injuries he suffered in a June 2015 suicide attempt, had pleaded guilty to impaired and dangerous driving causing bodily harm in the collision that nearly killed Albert.

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Superior Court Justice Gary Tranmer said he was acutely aware that while Radke will be able to resume a normal life after his sentence, the victim of his recklessness will not.