A Kelowna woman who killed an Edmonton University student while drunk driving 15 years ago was back in court again today, having been caught driving even though she’s banned.

Stephanie Gaylene Beckley is facing charges of driving while disqualified, personation with intent to gain an advantage, and resisting arrest.

Beckley has racked up numerous convictions for driving while banned since she was released from prison after being sentenced to three years in jail for drunk driving causing death in 2012.

In 2011 in Edmonton, Beckley jumped a red light while drunk and crashed into a vehicle, killing 23-year-old pharmacology student Laura Chee.

“The accused’s actions were grossly selfish. She drank, she drove recklessly, and she killed,” the judge said during the sentencing.

Media reports said Beckley’s Jeep was swerving in and out of its lane before the crash and that she had twice the legal limit of alcohol in her system.

She was 27 years old when she was sentenced to three years in jail and given a five-year driving ban, but after being released, she has continued to drive.

In 2015, in Edmonton, she was charged for driving while disqualified, and since returning to the Okanagan has been convicted several times.

In 2018, she spent time in jail for resisting arrest and breached her house arrest several times.

Since then, the 42-year-old has been convicted for driving while prohibited on an almost yearly basis. In 2024, she was given 30 days in jail for dangerous driving.

The current charges relate to an unknown incident in July in West Kelowna.

Following the fatal Edmonton crash, media stories report that Beckley, who had two children at the time, was “very belligerent” with police.

She hurled profanities at the officers, gave them the finger, threw a phone book at a glass door and urinated on the floor of the telephone room.

None of the recent West Kelowna allegations have been proven in court.