Crime by Rohan Smith Porsche driver Richard Pusey has been sentenced to 10 months jailfor outraging public decency by filming and swearing at four dying police officers after the tragic Eastern Freeway crash a year ago. Given time served, the 42-year-old could walk free if he is granted bail on other matters. He could also be back behind the wheel in less than six months. Pusey, wearing a green prison tracksuit and a face mask, learned his fate via video link from the Metropolitan Remand Centre this morning. Inside the County Court of Victoria, where family members of the four dead police officers watched on, Judge Trevor Wraight told Pusey his conduct was heartless, cruel and disgraceful but that he accepted Pusey was remorseful.
Richard Pusey pleaded guilty to series of charges over crash that killed for cops
He was pulled over for allegedly driving 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
Pusey was sentenced in Melbourne on Wednesday in the County Court
Family of the victims packed into the courtroom to watch Pusey sentenced
Melbourne freeway tragedy: Porsche driver Richard Pusey sentenced for filming dying police officers
28 Apr, 2021 01:54 AM
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Porsche driver Richard Pusey sentenced for filming dying police officers. Video / 7NEWS Melbourne
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By: Rohan Smith
Australian man Richard Pusey has been sentenced to 10 months in jail for outraging public decency by filming and swearing at four dying police officers after a tragic crash on Melbourne s Eastern Freeway a year ago.
Pusey, 42, had been pulled over for speeding in his Porsche when a 20-tonne truck driven by a drug-addled driver crashed into the emergency lane city-bound just after 5.30pm.
By Eoin McSweeney, CNN
Updated 11:06 AM ET, Wed April 28, 2021
Richard Pusey walks on the street after being granted bail in Melbourne on October 16. Pusey was sentenced to 10 months in prison on April 28. (CNN)An Australian court has jailed a man for 10 months after he drove dangerously and then filmed and mocked dying police officers at the scene of a deadly crash.
Richard Pusey was charged with reckless driving, possession of drugs and outraging public decency through his subsequent actions, which the sentencing judge in Victoria s county court described Wednesday as heartless, cruel and disgraceful.
There was no trial after Pusey pleaded guilty last month to all three charges. He attended Wednesday s sentencing via video link from prison.