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A woman left for dead by her porn actress best pal after a horror crash says she’ll never speak to her again.
Natasha Dowle, 24, suffered a fractured skull after Roma Lawson overturned her Suzuki Vitara in Canterbury Road, Herne Bay.
Lawson – who was twice the drink-drive limit – hit three parked cars and flipped the white convertible on May 21. She blamed a faulty steering wheel.
Natasha and pal Viliea Lorne were left trapped in the car, but Lawson fled the scene to a friend’s house in Kings Road.
Viliea escaped unhurt, but Natasha was rushed to hospital with a fractured skull after she was cut free by firefighters. She also suffered injuries to her back, neck and hips.
She said: “I’m not happy with the outcome at all. She’s shown absolutely no remorse and only cares about herself.
“A mate of mine got banned from driving for five years for only being a little bit over the limit and he never hurt anybody. It’s a joke.
“I was good friends with her for more than 10 years and then she does this to me. I haven’t spoken to her since and have no intention of ever doing so again.
“At the end of the day I’m just glad it’s over. As far as I was aware there was nothing wrong with her steering.
"If there was then she shouldn’t have been on the road in the first place, especially considering how much she’d had to drink.”
The court heard Lawson – who works under the name Romana Ryder and whose adult film credits include Pyjama Party and Teacher’s Pet - had been drinking in the town before having an argument with her boyfriend shortly before 11pm.
The 22-year-old stormed off with her overnight bag and made the fateful decision to drive home, bumping into Natasha and Viliea on the way to her car.
An hour after the crash police found Lawson hiding in her friend’s house 200 yards away. She was arrested and a breath test showed she was twice the drink-drive limit.
She claimed she had downed a bottle of wine after the crash, but later admitted to lying.
She appeared before Canterbury magistrates yesterday and pleaded guilty to drink driving and leaving the scene of an accident.
She was given 120 days in prison for each charge, but the sentences were suspended for a year.
She was banned from driving for 16 months, put under supervision for a year and ordered to do 200 hours unpaid work.
Her Christmas and New Year plans were also scuppered after she was tagged for two months and put on a curfew from 9pm to 7am.