Eastern Freeway tragedy
Trucking company will never pay $2.3 million fine over crash that killed four police
Connect Logistics made millions in profit after the 2020 tragedy on the Eastern Freeway, but has since been declared insolvent and won’t have to pay a record penalty.
- Chris Vedelago
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- Naked City
We have no trouble catching youth offenders – but can’t find the key to stop them
Taking away the social media “likes” would be a good starting point to negating youth crime.
- John Silvester
New salvo fired in battle between judges and state’s top prosecutor
Legal figures say the worsening tensions between the Director of Public Prosecutions and the state’s judiciary are now toxic and unsustainable.
- Chris Vedelago and Cameron Houston
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- Courts
Veteran Supreme Court judge Lex Lasry resigns after shock fight with prosecutors
Lasry unexpectedly resigned following a complaint from Victoria’s Director of Public Prosecutions over the trial of the Eastern Freeway case, in which four police officers died.
- Erin Pearson, Chris Vedelago and Simone Fox Koob
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- Courts
Transport manager jailed for reckless conduct before crash that killed four police
Cris Large was found guilty of failing to follow health and safety standards while working at the trucking company at the centre of the 2020 crash on the Eastern Freeway, when four police officers were killed.
- Esther Linder
Police seek Richard Pusey over court order breaches
Richard Pusey, the Porsche driver who was jailed for filming dying police officers after a crash on Melbourne’s Eastern Freeway in 2020, is wanted for contravening a court order.
- Lachlan Abbott
Charge against trucking boss in Eastern Freeway tragedy to return to court in appeal ruling
He will face court on allegations he knew Mohinder Singh, the truck driver he supervised, was unfit to drive, but allowed him on the road.
- Simone Fox Koob, Amelia Adams and Laura Sparkes
Porsche driver Richard Pusey found guilty over offensive photos
Images from the Eastern Freeway crash that killed four police officers in April 2020 were attached to a November 2021 complaint sent by Pusey to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority.
- Karen Sweeney
Eastern freeway crash deaths: Trucking boss manslaughter charges dropped on eve of trial
Manslaughter charges laid against trucking company boss Simiona Tuteru following the Eastern Freeway crash that killed four Victorian police officers have been dropped on the eve of his Supreme Court trial.
- Erin Pearson
Killer truck driver’s jail term cut by 3½ years in exchange for evidence against ex-boss
The truck driver who killed four police officers in a road crash on Melbourne’s Eastern Freeway had his jail term cut by 3½ years after agreeing to give evidence against his former boss at trial.
- Adam Cooper
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