Supreme Court releases Joshua Rossborough’s police interview and triple-000 call
The Supreme Court has released a triple-0 call and police interview for a man who falsely reported his car stolen after it was involved in a fatal crash.
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A court has released a police interview with a man who falsely reported his car was stolen – after it was involved in an incident which killed a man.
Joshua Shawn Rossborough, 21, of Morphett Vale falsely reported his car stolen the morning after it was involved in an incident which killed Nick Darling on July 20, 2021.
He was a passenger in a car with his friend Michael Charles Henley, 24, of Morphett Vale, when he chased down another car and repeatedly rammed it until Mr Darling, who was a passenger, died.
Henley has pleaded guilty to charges of manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident while Rossborough pleaded guilty to impeding an investigation over the incident.
In a triple-0 call, released by the Supreme Court, Rossborough can be heard telling police that he had returned from his mum’s hose and had “noticed my car’s got stolen”.
Rossborough can then be heard saying he could not initially recall the registration number.
The officer tells Rossborough that they will attend at his home soon for further information.
When they arrive, Rossborough is asked about the identity of the driver and after initially saying “no comment” he tells police Henley had been driving the car.
On Tuesday, the court heard Henley had flown into a “blind rage” after seeing love bites on the neck of a woman he had been in an on-again, off-again relationship.
Documents also released by the court note a relationship between Henley and the man driving the other car involved, Lewis Bennett, had a falling out “relating to their mutual involvement with the same woman”.
It also notes that Mr Bennett, who suffered minor injuries in the crash, had come to believe Henley had damaged one of his vehicles.
The document also states Mr Bennett and Mr Darling had gone to Henley’s house to confront him about the damage and Mr Bennett threw a brick at Henley’s car, while Mr Darling struck it with a piece of timber.
Mr Bennett and Mr Darling were chased away before a car chase began.
“On numerous occasions throughout the course of the pursuit Henley deliberately drove into the vehicle being driven by Bennett,” the document states.
It also notes that Henley had, at one stage, driven “directly at Darling” while he was standing outside Mr Bennett’s car because it had stalled and “had to take evasive action to avoid being struck”.
The pursuit continued after the men got back inside the car and Henley “repeatedly and deliberately” drove his vehicle into the back of Mr Bennett’s car.
Later, as Mr Bennett tried to drive through a gap in a median strip at the intersection of Flaxmill Rd and Salisbury Ave, Henley deliberately drove into the rear right side of Mr Bennett’s car.
“This act caused Bennett to lose control of his vehicle and is the unlawful and dangerous act the subject of the offence of manslaughter,” the document states.
Rossborough and Henley will be sentenced at a date yet to be set.
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