Why DPP wonât appeal Pusey sentence The stateâs top prosecutor has revealed it wonât appeal the âslap on the wristâ sentence handed to Richard Pusey despite public outcry.
Crime by Rebekah Cavanagh and Wes Hosking 26th May 2021 4:20 PM
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Subscriber only The state s top prosecutor will not appeal Richard Pusey s sentence over the filming of four dead police officers in the aftermath of the deadly Eastern Freeway crash. As the 28-day deadline to launch an appeal ended on Wednesday, the Herald Sun can reveal the Director of Public Prosecutions Kerri Judd QC will not argue the sentence was manifestly inadequate.
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The truck driver who killed four police officers on the Eastern Freeway told a friend a little over an hour before the crash that he had one more important delivery before his boss said he could go home and rest, a court has heard.
Truck driver Michael Horrocks, giving evidence in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Wednesday, said he told Mohinder Singh he should go home and not drive because he was acting strangely.
Trucking company manager Simiona Tuteru, who has been charged in connection to the Eastern Freeway crash, walks into court on Tuesday.
Credit:Simon Schluter
But Singh, Mr Horrocks said, told him the load was important and needed to be done before his boss said he could go home early.
The manager who worked for the trucking company that Mohinder Singh, who killed four police officers on the Eastern Freeway, drove for faced court on Monday.
A truck driver was on a cocktail of drugs and alcohol days before a fatal crash
Mohinder Singh pleaded guilty to culpable driving at a Melbourne court
The 48-year-old was behind the wheel when he hit and killed four police officers
The officers were struck by Singh s semi-trailer while impounding a Porsche
A court heard the driver was drug-f ed and hadn t slept for days before crash
Singh was sentenced on Wednesday to 22 years in prison for the atrocity
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