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Amy Locane, former actress of "Melrose Place", was sentenced on Friday to a growing prison sentence for a 2010 DUI accident in New Jersey, which killed a woman.
Locane, 47, has been sentenced to five years in prison by the state Superior Court Judge Kevin Shanahan, but is expected to serve about 20 months if her next appeal fails, according to her lawyer, James Wronko. Locane is looking to be released on bail while waiting for his appeal.
She served about two and a half years of a three-year sentence before her release in 2015 and completed a three-year parole term.
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A court of appeal ordered a new conviction of Locane after the initial sentence of Judge Robert Reed was found to be too lenient and insufficient for the accident that killed 60-year-old Helene Seeman. and seriously injured Seeman's husband, Fred Seeman. Locane crashed their all-terrain vehicle while they were heading to the driveway.
Locane's blood alcohol level was probably about three times higher than the legal driving limit at the time of the Somerville accident, according to a state expert.
FILE: Amy Locane Bovenizer enters the courtroom to be sentenced to Somerville, New Jersey on February 14, 2013, for the 2010 drunk driving accident in Montgomery Township, which killed Helene Seeman, 60 years old. (Associated Press)
Helene died on the scene, while her teenage son, Curtis, saw her die after running out of the house when he heard the accident, MyCentralJersey.com said.
Fred Seeman was sobbing as he told the judge how the accident tore his family apart and how he almost died from his injuries. He added that the trauma continues to affect his son, who has witnessed his mother's death on their lawn, reported NJ.com. Fred also argued that a light sentence would not deter New Jersey from driving while intoxicated, according to the report.
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His son Ford Seeman also testified with emotion and tears, depending on the point of view.
"Amy broke our family, and then Reed gave us reasons to lose confidence in the world," Ford said.
Reed cited Locane's young children, including a girl diagnosed with Crohn's disease, as a mitigating factor in her sentencing.
"There was not a day that went by without my thinking about the pain my actions caused to the Seeman family and of course to Helene Seeman," Locane told the court, Friday. "I worked very hard to correct this behavior and not be the person who did it that day."
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The actress, who was convicted of manslaughter and several offenses, had been sentenced to ten years in jail for the most serious charge.
Locane starred in 13 episodes of the famed Fox series and has also appeared in several movies, including "Cry-Baby" with Johnny Depp.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
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