Notorious Eastern Freeway driver Richard Pusey’s stalking charges dropped
Stalking charges against Richard Pusey were dropped, but the notorious driver wasn’t happy — forcing a magistrate to put him on mute.
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Notorious Eastern Freeway Porsche speedster Richard Pusey has had charges dropped relating to stalking his neighbours.
Two charges of stalking - relating to him allegedly keeping neighbours under CCTV surveillance and throwing cat litter and faeces around their Fitzroy homes between May 2020 and September last year - were withdrawn by the prosecution at the Neighbourhood Justice Centre on Wednesday.
Prosecutor Sinea Dodds gave no explanation for the move, despite repeated requests by Pusey, who was appearing in the hearing via video link from prison.
“May I ask, your honour, why the charges are withdrawn?” Pusey, 43, said.
He also asked why intervention orders had also been withdrawn with no explanation.
Magistrate Noreen Toohey soon after had to put Pusey on mute after he continued to talk over her and complain about the justice system.
“You are hopeless,” Pusey said. “Your justice system is failing people”.
Earlier, when addressed as Mr Pusey, like in his last hearing, he reminded the court: “My pronouns are they/them, thank you.”
The court heard he had also sacked his lawyers at Rainer Martini and Associates and was back to representing himself.
Ms Dodds said while the stalking charges weren’t being pursued, they would be proceeding with seven other charges: four counts of assaulting an emergency worker on duty, two counts of committing an indictable offence on bail and a single count of throwing a missile, namely nitrous oxide canisters at a person.
Pusey complained he had not received any of the documents from the court, in particular the statements of the four officers he allegedly assaulted.
“You are talking about charges here that I am not aware of - a brief would be nice,” he said.
Ms Toohey said she was “somewhat surprised” he did not have the documentation given his case had been on foot since September and it had been provided to his lawyers.
Her words frustrated Pusey, who said: “I’ve contacted your court directly, so please don’t be surprised the justice system is failing everybody dismally.
“You’re the courts. You’re the ones dishing it out. You were meant to hand it to me. Everybody’s well aware of that. I have rang you several times. I am not lying to you. The police are lying.”
When Ms Toohey suggested she was adjourning his case, Pusey said: “I don’t want an adjournment”.
She urged the prosecution to provide Pusey with the full brief of evidence as soon as possible, before adjourning his case for contest mention on April 14.
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