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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
These changes have put a spiralling number of unsentenced remandees on low-level offences – people like Rachel – in jail at a rate that is fuelling concern about human rights, social impacts and the burgeoning cost to taxpayers. Women and indigenous Victorians have been especially affected. In April, for the first time, more women were in prison waiting for their charges to be heard than were there for actually committing and being sentenced for crimes. “The current provisions cast the net so wide that they’re catching people that shouldn’t be in custody – specifically, women who pose no threat to safety who are being placed in prison for low-level offending that is a direct result of their poverty and disadvantage,” said Elena Pappas, a spokeswoman for Smart Justice for Women, a coalition of 30 legal organisations.
Cameron John Oakley pleaded guilty to manslaughter of small-town nemesis
Lachlan Hutchins, 25, fatally stabbed five times in the stomach, chest and neck
Court heard Oakley sent several chilling texts to friends after the 2019 stabbing
Offered his deepest regret and sincere remorse to Mr Hutchins family in a letter
Oakley has already spent 644 days in custody and will be sentenced at later date