UPDATED 10.26am: A learner licence driver who killed his girlfriend and her brother in a crash has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison.

The accident in May last year, killed siblings Danielle and Shannon Kiriau.

 

Two other women were seriously injured in the crash.

Cameron Presland has been  on two counts of manslaughter and two more of dangerous driving causing injury at Dunedin's High Court.

Presland's girlfriend Danielle Kiriau and her brother Shannon died in the crash in May last year.

He has also been disqualified from driving for five years.

Earlier, Kiriau's mother delivered a stark message to young drivers and passengers.

In her victim impact statement, Beverley De Blecourt pleaded for young people listening to wear their seat belts and not to show off, because there are serious consequences.