Tamara Brooke Whitford was sentenced on seven charges in the Hobart’s Magistrate Court on Monday, including causing the death of another person by negligent driving and driving while not holding a driver’s licence.

Her daughter Molli Margaret Anne Marriott died when Whitford failed to negotiate a bend in New Norfolk’s Boyer Road on November 1, 2014.

In sentencing Whitford, magistrate Sam Mollard said she had traces of THC, the active ingredient of cannabis, in her blood, and a blood-alcohol reading of .065.

Mr Mollard said Whitford had never been the holder of anything more advanced than a learner’s licence, and had been convicted of unlicensed driving 10 times.

Mr Mollard said Whitford had no reason to be on the road, and lacked the training to navigate whatever caused her to lose control of the car.

The car Whitford borrowed had bald tyres and she failed to ensure two children under 16 were properly restrained in the car, the court heard.

Mr Mollard said Whitford had suffered grievously as a result of her actions, but said she would not be the only one to suffer as a result of Molli’s death.

He said the community would be poorer for the four-year-old’s death, and acknowledged the grief of Molli’s siblings, father, grandparents and other family members.

Mr Mollard handed down five separate sentences, sentencing Whitford to at least one month imprisonment and disqualifying her from driving for three years.

He handed down six months of suspended sentences to Whitford, provided she did not commit another crime punishable by jail inside three years.

A large group of family members attended Whitford’s sentencing, with a number yelling ‘‘we love you Tammy’’ as she was taken into custody.

A number of family members urged security guards to ‘‘look after’’ Whitford while she was in prison.