Porsche driver Richard Pusey's wild courtroom outburst
Porsche driver Richard Pusey went on a bizarre tirade during his bail application in court on Monday.
The 43-year-old is facing charges of false imprisonment, making threats to kill and reckless conduct for allegedly "placing a noose around the neck" of a woman and assault in relation to a seperate incident.
At the Melbourne Magistrates Court, Pusey became irritated and launched into a strange rant about his situation.
“I’ll see you next Monday … I’m really not interested in this judicial system, it doesn’t work, it doesn’t help anyone,” he said.
“I would get better justice in Belarus under (President Alexander) Lukashenko.”
Pusey has already served his 10-month jail term for outraging public decency and other offences in relation to a crash on the Eastern Freeway.
The crash, which took place in April 2020, saw the death of four police officers, as Pusey filmed the bodies of the officers while making highly inappropriate remarks.
During his courtroom outburst, Magistrate Luisa Bazzani ordered Pusey’s microphone to be muted as she said she "would not tolerate language like this."
Pusey's defence lawyer asked to speak privately with his client as the court was briefly adjourned, but he was not able to get through to him.
The magistrate told the court that Pusey had been removed from the interview “because he damaged a camera” and was refusing to return to the room.
The magistrate pulled Pusey's application for a suppression order, so he would not be "coerced into something he doesn’t want to do.”
It is unclear when the court proceedings will resume.
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