A Porsche driver who became known as Australia s most hated man for filming and taunting four police officers as they lay dying after they were hit by a truck has today been jailed for ten months for outraging public decency.
Richard Pusey, a 42-year-old mortgage broker, was speeding at 93mph in April last year when he was pulled over by Melbourne police on the city s eastern Freeway.
Minutes later, Pusey s parked Porsche and the four police officers - Leading Senior Constable Lynnette Taylor, Senior Constable Kevin King and constables Glen Humphris and Josh Prestney - were struck by a truck driven by father-of-two Mohinder Singh, 48.
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.
Pusey canât get more jail for being a scumbag The Porsche driverâs sentence will outrage many but hereâs why Richard Pusey only got 10 months, writes Rebekah Cavanagh.
Opinion by REBEKAH CAVANAGH
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Subscriber only Lock them up and throw away the key. They are words often saved for our worst offenders. Think murderers, rapists and paedophiles. But it is a phrase that has repeatedly been thrown around about Richard Pusey. That is why today s sentence will outrage many. The millionaire mortgage broker was sentenced to 10 months jail, and made a promise to the court he would be of good behaviour for two years on his release.
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