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28 Apr 2021
Richard Pusey, the driver of a Porsche who allegedly fled the scene of a truck crash on Melbourne s Eastern Freeway which killed four police officers, is taken away from his Fitzroy property by police in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 23 April 2020. EPA-EFE FILE/MICHAEL DODGE AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT
The Flinders Street Station is lit up in blue in tribute to four police officers that died after being hit by a truck on Melbourne s Eastern Freeway as they dealt with a speeding Porsche driver, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 23 April 2020. EPA-EFE FILE/MICHAEL DODGE AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT
Porsche driver Richard Pusey only needs to serve a handful of days more in prison for filming four dying police officers, because a judge ruled his 10 months in custody fulfilled the length of his sentence.
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April 28, 2021
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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.
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An Australian judge on Wednesday sentenced probably the most hated man in the country to 10 months in jail for filming and mocking police officers as they died after a crash.
The BBC reported that Richard Pusey, a 42-year-old mortgage broker, will likely be released from jail within days since he has already been in custody for nearly a year. He pleaded guilty on the rare charge of outraging public decency.
In April 2020, police had pulled him over for driving his Porsche at 93 miles per hour on Melbourne’s Eastern Freeway. While police addressed him, they were struck by a truck in an emergency stopping lane. Pusey avoided injury because he had been urinating behind roadside bushes at the time. He did not render aid and instead filmed the scene.