Richard Pusey asks magistrate to free him from prison, ‘left alone’

Notorious Porsche driver Richard Pusey has told a court he just wants “to be left alone” as he asked a magistrate to free him from prison.

Notorious Porsche driver Richard Pusey has asked a magistrate to free him from prison, saying he just wanted “to be left alone to carry on with my once productive life”.

The millionaire mortgage broker on Friday represented himself in Sunshine Magistrates Court where he is facing allegations he shared graphic images taken by him at the horror scene of the Eastern Freeway crash that killed four police members in April 2020.

Acting Sergeant Joshua Parker told the court Pusey attached “graphic images of the deceased and dying police officers” to a complaint made to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority in November about his car insurance company, PSC Insurance Group, rejecting his claim over his Porsche, which was damaged in the collision.

The court heard Pusey shared another crash photo in a Google review of Porsche Centre Melbourne on February 7.

Richard Pusey. Picture: Ian Currie

The review, in which he used his full name, complained about him not being paid out for the damage to his Porsche.

He allegedly used an image of the crash as his profile picture.

“The accused attached this image for no other purpose but to seek attention and distress people seeing the review,” Sergeant Parker said.

Prosecutor Jane Warren opposed bail, claiming Pusey was an unacceptable risk of committing further offences and endangering the safety of persons, if released.

She said he had a history of breaching bail and was on bail at the time he allegedly committed these offences.

Ms Warren said it was a strong prosecution case, with Sergeant Parker adding Pusey used his own email address, date of birth, address and phone number in the AFCA complaint.

He also used his own name in the google review, he said.

Pusey, appearing via videolink from prison with his hair sleeked back in a ponytail, read from a 10-page document he had prepared in hope he could get bail.

When magistrate Michelle Mykytowycz quizzed him on the length of his submissions, he said: “It’s a bit of a Freddie Mercury Bohemian Rhapsody.”

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Pusey said the onerous conditions he faced in prison, including limited phone access, were causing delays in his case, which met the exceptional circumstances required to be met for him to be freed.

“This is not smooth administration and carriage of justice,” he said.

He also said he was at risk of spending more time behind bars than any sentence that would be imposed for such offending.

Pusey took aim at the judicial and corrections systems, saying there is a “clear bias”.

Ms Mykytowycz interrupted him multiple times when he started to rant about issues unrelated to his case.

When she asked him how she could address the prosecution’s concerns about him potentially sharing the images further if bailed, he reassured her he would behave.

“It just won’t happen, your honour,” he said. “I seek to be left alone to carry on with my once productive life”.

With time running out on the 90-minute videolink allocated for the bail application, Ms Mykytowycz told Pusey she would have to adjourn until May 19.

He is on remand for four charges: two counts each of using a carriage service to menace and committing an indictable offence on bail.

A two-day contested hearing is slated for August.