He s not a killer, rapist or child molester, yet he will go down in history as one of Australia s most despised individuals. The inside story of Richard Pusey - and how one decision his parents made left him with a HUGE chip on his shoulder
Mortgage broker Richard Pusey could be free in just days after 10 months in jail
Four officers were hit by a truck while in the process of impounding his Porsche
Pusey was hit with with unprecedented charge of outraging public decency
He was sentenced to jail but with time already served is due for release this week
Public outcry fuels plea for probe into Pusey case After a groundswell of community outrage at Richard Pusey’s sentence, a former chief magistrate has urged for an urgent review.
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Subscriber only The state s Attorney-General has been called on to refer Richard Pusey s case to the Victorian Law Reform Commission to review public decency offences and ensure community expectations are being met.
Droves of people have spoken out since Pusey was jailed for 10 months - two months of which was for his filming of the aftermath of the Eastern Freeway crash in which four police officers were killed.
Richard Pusey pleaded guilty to series of charges over crash that killed for cops
The Porsche driver pulled over for speeding at 149km/h with drugs in his system
Four officers were hit by a truck while on the roadside with the mortgage broker
Pusey was hit with with unprecedented charge of outraging public decency
Husband of dead officer said what outraged decency was length of the sentence
The brother of a slain policeman has choked back tears while slamming Richard Pusey - the Porsche driver who filmed four officers as they lay dying after a horrific crash.
Pusey had been pulled over for speeding at 149km/h in his Porsche on the Eastern Freeway in Melbourne when a truck driver crashed into the emergency lane on April 22 last year.
Leading Senior Constable Lynette Taylor, Senior Constable Kevin King, and Constables Glen Humphris and Josh Prestney died in the crash.
Instead of helping, Pusey retrieved his phone and slowly walked around and filmed the scene, zooming in on the dead and dying officers and their injuries.