Eastern Freeway Porsche driver Richard Pusey launches spat against magistrate

A terrified banker who received vile emails allegedly sent by Richard Pusey says he is concerned about what else Pusey is capable of.

Shocking details have emerged of Richard Pusey’s latest alleged crimes as he faced off with a magistrate in a bizarre courtroom showdown.

Court documents allege Pusey sent a series of threatening emails to a Westpac bank worker he had been dealing with regarding multiple credit card disputes.

Pusey allegedly sent the bank case manager four emails between 12.08am and 9.36am on August 27, 2019.

In one email, the millionaire mortgage broker accused the worker of lying before bringing his family into it, saying: “Your wife’s worth a root is she? Tell me about her.”

In another email he named the man’s daughter and referenced that she was turning two years old that day, before writing “she’s going to save the world because she can use an iPad”.

“The victim is extremely fearful for his and his family’s safety,” a prosecution summary, released by the court, alleged.

“The victim suspects the accused used social media to source information about his family, and is concerned about what else the accused is capable of.”

Richard Pusey arrives at his Fitzroy house before being sentenced. Picture: Ian Currie

It comes as Pusey landed himself in a showdown with a magistrate yet again after he kept interrupting the court before demanding his case be adjourned.

The millionaire Porsche driver who was sentenced last month over his filming of police officers killed in the Eastern Freeway truck crash returned to Melbourne Magistrates Court on Thursday where his lawyer indicated he would plead guilty to charges relating to a road rage incident and using a carriage service to harass.

But once the pleas were entered and the police prosecutor began reading out the summaries of his crimes, Pusey, appearing via video link from prison, interjected that the facts were wrong.

“He’s not a client. He’s not a customer,” Pusey, who was wearing a mask, yelled.

Magistrate Simon Zebrowski warned him that if he kept interrupting the court he would put him on mute.

“Mr Pusey, if you want to keep shouting out, then you will have to be muted,” Mr Zebrowski said.

But Pusey kept ranting.

The magistrate again warned him that he would not have him talking over the top of him or interrupting the prosecution, and that his lawyer should have gone over the summaries with him before entering the plea.

“I haven’t read anything,” Pusey claimed.

Mr Zebrowski did not muck around, saying if he didn’t agree with the summary then “I will simply adjourn the matter to another time to sort this out”.

“Adjourn it, please,” Pusey said.

It comes after Pusey had earlier demanded to know the magistrates name and became frustrated at him when he granted court documents be released to the media.

Pusey said it shouldn’t be released because “it’s traumatic”.

He continued: “It’s re-traumatising the truck victim’s families.”

Mr Zebrowksi responded: “You let the police speak on behalf of the complainants and you can worry about your own situation.”

Pusey even ignored his lawyer Vincent Peter’s requests to pipe down.

Court documents allege the second matter related to a series of threatening emails Pusey sent to a Westpac bank worker he had been dealing with regarding multiple credit card disputes.

Police say Pusey sent the bank case manager four emails between 12.08am and 9.36am on August 27, 2019.

Emergency services work at the scene of a collision on the Eastern Freeway last year.

The bizarre hearing reminisced an appearance by Pusey in court earlier this month when magistrate Lance Martin was forced to mute him when he kept interrupting.

Before Mr Zebrowski abruptly adjourned the case to August 23, the court had heard Pusey was pleading guilty to one charge of criminal damage relating to him using a key to scratch a motorbike following a road rage incident on March 26, 2019.

Prosecutor Meagan McDonnell managed to read out the full prosecution summary in that matter, detailing how the victim was riding his royal Enfield motorcycle along Hoddle St in Richmond, when he was cut off by Pusey in his Porsche about 11.30am.

“As a result the victim almost got thrown off his bike,” Ms McDonnell said.

She said the biker rode up past the Porsche and “yelled out in frustration” at Pusey, before pulling into Swan St and parking his bike.

“The accused is then caught on CCTV footage crossing Swan St from Docker St, he is captured walking up to the victim’s bike, holding what appears to be a key,” Ms McDonnell said.

“The accused proceeds to intentionally use the key to scratch the paint on the motorbike’s petrol and oil tank, causing significant damage to the paint, valued at $3400.”

She said Pusey then fled the scene.

He was not arrested and interviewed over the incident until October 1, 2019 where he gave a no-comment interview before being released pending summons.

But it was when Ms McDonnell began reading the summary in relation to the using a carriage service to menace charges, she got 13 words in, saying “The accused knew the victim as a client and case manager through the …” when Pusey interjected.