A Clairemont man with a history of drunken driving was sentenced to four years and eight months in prison yesterday for running down and killing a young woman in July 2005.

Robin Charles Brady, 50, pleaded guilty in June to fatal hit-and-run driving, and driving with a suspended license, in connection with the death of Angelina Padilla, 19. He also pleaded guilty to making a criminal threat in an unrelated matter.

Padilla's mother, Kathy Padilla, and prosecutor James Koerber told Judge David J. Danielsen that the sentence was far too lenient for Brady, who prosecutors said has eight previous drunken-driving convictions.
“Four years and eight months is not enough for the life of this young girl, but that's all the law provides,” Koerber said in court.

The judge said he imposed the maximum sentence allowed by law for the charges filed against Brady.

“The Legislature has given us some limited choices in this case,” Danielsen said.

The judge also ordered Brady to pay Angelina Padilla's family $54,487 to cover their costs related to her death.

“He fled the scene and took the best evidence with him,” Koerber told the judge.

Padilla was struck from behind while walking along Clairemont Mesa Boulevard near Rolfe Road about 1:20 a.m. July 23, 2005. She suffered serious head injuries and died the next day. Her mother said she was on her way home from a friend's home.

Addressing Brady in court, Kathy Padilla said, “You killed our daughter, Angelina Raquel Padilla, but you also killed our family.”

Calling Brady a coward for not stopping to help her daughter after he struck her, Kathy Padilla told him “you chose to save your own skin and let our daughter die.”

Brady made no comment during the hearing and stood facing the judge with his hands folded in front of him. He didn't look at Kathy Padilla when she spoke to him.

Outside the courthouse, Kathy Padilla said she is working with the San Diego chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving in an effort to increase the penalties for hit-and-run driving.

“I'm not going to sit and be bitter about it. I'm trying to do something about it,” Padilla said. “I want my daughter to be remembered as the sweet angel she was and is. Maybe this was her purpose in life.”

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