Australian, Richard Pusey, jailed for filming dying officers
The 42-year-old has already been in custody for nearly 300 days, so he will likely complete his sentence within days. Last month Richard Pusey pleaded guilty to the rare charge of outraging public decency, as well as other offences. The sentencing judge called his actions "heartless, cruel and disgraceful".
Pusey's case has stirred huge public anger. Last month, Judge Trevor Wraight said the media had demonised Pusey to the point where he was "probably the most hated man in Australia".The mortgage broker had been speeding in his car on a Melbourne freeway last year when four officers pulled him over. While they were making his arrest, all four were struck by a lorry that had veered out of its lane.
Senior Constables Lynette Taylor and Kevin King, and Constables Glen Humphris and Josh Presley died. Pusey had been standing a few metres away and avoided the crash, but afterwards pulled out his phone and began filming numerous videos, some of which ran for more than three minutes court had heard that Pusey stood over and taunted Senior Constable Taylor as she remained pinned under the lorry. Experts said she was most likely still alive at the time.
Police also discovered Pusey's video and that he had shared it among friends. The lorry driver, Mohinder Singh, was jailed earlier this month to 22 years for the deaths. A court found that the truck driver had been high on drugs, suffering delusions and hallucinations, and driving erratically when he ploughed his truck into the officers.
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