Husband of police officer killed in Eastern Freeway crash slams Porsche driver Richard Pusey’s sentence | Crime – Australia

Richard Pusey could walk from jail within days after being sentenced to 10 months jail for his “heartless, cruel and disgraceful” filming of dead and dying police officers after a Melbourne crash.

The widow of leading senior constable Lynette Taylor, one of the four officers killed, said his pain was “almost unbearable” and Pusey’s sentence too lenient.

Pusey had been pulled over for speeding at 149km/h in his Porsche on the Eastern Freeway, when a truck driver crashed into the emergency lane on 22 April last year.

Senior constable Kevin King, and constables Glen Humphris and Josh Prestney, also died in the crash. Pusey avoided injury because he was urinating off the side of the freeway.

Instead of helping, he retrieved his phones and slowly walked around and filmed the scene, zooming in on the dead and dying officers and their injuries.

“That is fucking justice, absolutely amazing,” Pusey said, focusing on a damaged unmarked police car.

He walked towards the truck,…

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