Richard Pusey, the Porsche driver who filmed the aftermath of a crash that killed four police officers, has been found guilty in a Melbourne court.
Richard Pusey, the mortgage broker who recorded dying police officers before fleeing a crash has been sentenced to 10 months gaol.
Victoria Police officers stopped Pusey after doing 140km/h on Melbourne’s Eastern Freeway in his Porsche 911 in April of last year. After returning a positive drug test, the police on the scene moved to impound the vehicle, before a refrigerated truck hit the group as they stood in the emergency lane of the freeway, killing all four officers involved.
Senior Constables Lynette Taylor and Kevin King, and Constables Glen Humphris and Josh Prestney, died.
In the clip (which has since been accepted by the court as Pusey talking to himself, not mocking the officers), he said “…oh he’s smashed. Look at that. Look at that. Lucky I went and had a piss,” he said while zooming in on Constable Humphris wedged between the truck and Porsche.
Later, Pusey added: “You cunts, I guess I’ll be getting a fucking Uber home, huh.”
He also zoomed on a damaged unmarked police car, saying “that is fucking justice, absolutely amazing”.
Judge Trevor Wraight said Pusey’s conduct at the scene was “heartless, cruel and disgraceful”, as well as “callous and reprehensible”.
“Your conduct only added to the shock and grief the families and wider community had to endure,” the judge also said.
After the crash, the media discovered Pusey’s YouTube channel, which features him racing around local racetracks, and his profile on TripAdvisor, which was littered with Porsche references, writing in November of 2018 that “…when I’m not racing my Porsche or chasing the Sky Bus for its free Wi-Fi, I like to get up and dance.”
Pusey also admitted to speeding offences and possessing MDMA, as well as testing positive for cannabis. In handing out the judgement, Judge Wraight noted that the media coverage of the event meant that “the public has demonised” Pusey. He remains in police custody.
Conversely, Mohinder Singh, the truck driver who caused the deaths of the four police officers was earlier this month jailed for a maximum of 22 years, citing sleep deprivation as a primary factor.
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