Why DPP wonât appeal Pusey sentence The stateâs top prosecutor has revealed it wonât appeal the âslap on the wristâ sentence handed to Richard Pusey despite public outcry.
Crime by Rebekah Cavanagh and Wes Hosking 26th May 2021 4:20 PM
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Subscriber only The state s top prosecutor will not appeal Richard Pusey s sentence over the filming of four dead police officers in the aftermath of the deadly Eastern Freeway crash. As the 28-day deadline to launch an appeal ended on Wednesday, the Herald Sun can reveal the Director of Public Prosecutions Kerri Judd QC will not argue the sentence was manifestly inadequate.
Why DPP wonât appeal Pusey sentence The stateâs top prosecutor has revealed it wonât appeal the âslap on the wristâ sentence handed to Richard Pusey despite public outcry.
Crime by Rebekah Cavanagh and Wes Hosking 26th May 2021 4:20 PM
Premium Content
Subscriber only The state s top prosecutor will not appeal Richard Pusey s sentence over the filming of four dead police officers in the aftermath of the deadly Eastern Freeway crash. As the 28-day deadline to launch an appeal ended on Wednesday, the Herald Sun can reveal the Director of Public Prosecutions Kerri Judd QC will not argue the sentence was manifestly inadequate.
By Cam Lucadou-Wells
Truckie Mohinder Bajwa Singh injected meth and was falling asleep during a shift on the day before he crashed and killed four police officers in Kew, a witness has testified.
However, Singh’s family and work colleagues have told a court they had no idea that the truck driver was on the drug ‘ice’.
Simonia Tuteru, 49, who was Singh’s supervisor at Lyndhurst-based Connect Logistics, faced manslaughter charges at a committal hearing at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on 17-20 May.
A prosecution witness Glenys Nannup stated that she’d injected ice with Singh during his shift early on 21 April 2020 – the day before the fatal crash on the Eastern Freeway.
By Cam Lucadou-Wells
A trucking supervisor was warned hours before one of his drivers fatally ploughed into four police officers that the driver was not fit to drive, a court has heard.
Simiona Tuteru, 49, of the Lyndhurst-based Connect Logistics is facing a committal hearing for the police officers’ manslaughter.
Connect employee Stephen Harrison allegedly texted Mr Tuteru about 1.40pm on 22 April 2020 with concerns over the driver Mohinder Bajwa Singh’s “mental state”, according to phone records tendered to Melbourne Magistrates’ Court.
“He told me he was not in a good spot.
“He was putting trucks on wrong docks and had a sleep on the way back from Thomastown and slept in.