Porsche driver Richard Pusey speaks for first time since walking free
Richard Pusey has spoken to the media for the first time since he was set free from prison.
Pusey, 43, walked free after 10 months behind bars for the 11 offences he committed before and after the Eastern Freeway tragedy, which saw the death of four police officers.
The convicted mortgage broker demanded a further look into the case on Wednesday afternoon, telling the media “there should be a Royal commission into that accident,” while boarding a tram in Melbourne.
The husband of a police officer whose life was lost in the senseless tragedy says the justice system failed to deliver a fair sentence.
He was sent to prison for 10 months after he filmed and mocked four police officers while they lay dying in the Eastern Freeway, back in April of 2020.
Pusey had been pulled over for speeding in his Porsche when a truck swerved into the emergency lane.
The crash killed the four officers, and as they lay bleeding out, Pusey tormented them and recorded their last moments.
The 43-year-old was released from jail on Wednesday afternoon and was seen wearing a shirt emblazoned with “Get me Oprah,” paired with a face mask that read “Fake News”, and a head covering along with black sunglasses.
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The husband of deceased officer Leading Senior Constable Lynette Taylor, Stuart Schulze, told 9News the justice system had failed to deliver "a fair and just" sentence.
"The courts have imposed the sentence," he said.
"He has served his time. I leave this with the court system and DPP for failing the community in delivering a fair and just sentence."
Magistrate Hayley Bate ruled Pusey had served enough jail time for the crimes he pleaded guilty to in court earlier in the week.
These charges included assaulting a woman, two road-rage attacks, sending menacing emails to a bank worker over a credit card dispute and destroying property.
"He is a man who, in a range of settings, deliberately seeks to interfere with the sense of safety of those who encounter him," the magistrate said.
In one incident, Pusey scratched a motorbike in Richmond with a key after he cut the rider off.
He also admitted to dragging a woman up a set of stairs during a heated argument in December of 2020, and later screamed at police during a rooftop standoff in the same incident.
Pusey also ruined a case of beers by throwing them on the ground at a Fitzroy bottle shop, after he was banned from the store.
Pusey was sentenced to a four-month jail sentence and a good behaviour order for two years.
Pusey has also been fined $3300 for some offences and has been ordered to repay two of his victims.