PORTLAND, Ore. -- A woman who deliberately ran over her boyfriend with a motor home, killing him, was sentenced Monday to more than five years in prison.

Darlene Harding pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter last month in the case of the death of Kenneth Rowley in October 2007.

Rowley’s friends and relatives had been waiting more than a year to tell the court -- and Harding -- about their loss.

The prosecutor told the court the couple had been in a violent relationship, which was complicated by methamphetamine addiction.

Harding walked slowly into court Monday past members of her family who were waiting in support outside the courtroom.

A half dozen sheriff’s deputies kept her relatives separate from Rowley’s.

Witnesses told police the couple had been arguing near Northeast 60th and Cully streets on the afternoon of Oct. 12, 2007.

Rowley found himself in front of the motor home with Harding behind the wheel. She drove forward, ran him over and he died at the scene.

Harding's sister, Rebecca Lafollette, offered an apology.

"Darlene has to live with this every day of her life," Lafollette said. "I know Darlene is sorry from the bottom of her heart."

The mandatory sentence for the Measure 11 crime of manslaughter is six years, three months. Harding turned herself in the day after Rowley's death so has already served just over a year.

Woman Gets 5 Years For Motor Home Killing