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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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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Police familiesâ fury over âinappropriateâ Pusey sentence The husband of a police officer killed in the Eastern Freeway tragedy has slammed Richard Puseyâs 10-month sentence, revealing his âalmost unbearableâ pain.
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Subscriber only Grieving families of the officers killed in the Eastern Freeway tragedy have blasted the punishment handed down to speeding Porsche driver Richard Pusey. Pusey has been jailed for just 10 months after filming dying and dead police officers in the aftermath of the truck crash, while remarking that s justice . The sentence could mean Richard Pusey, 42, will walk free, having already spent 296 days behind bars on remand. He has another six days to serve under the sentence.