Porsche driver Richard Pusey: ‘All I wanted was to go home, have my sushi’
As a dying Senior Constable Lynette Taylor lay pinned by a semi-trailer, her body camera captured Richard Pusey whining about the state of his car.
As Leading Senior Constable Lynette Taylor lay pinned by a semi-trailer on Wednesday night, Richard Pusey was captured by her body camera filming the crash site and whining about how police had “f...ked” his car.
Mr Pusey, a mortgage broker, had been pulled over on the inbound lane of the Eastern Freeway, about 7km east of the CBD at 4.50pm on Wednesday.
It is alleged Mr Pusey was driving his $150,000 Porsche Coupe at 149km/h with methamphetamine and cannabis in his system.
The Melbourne Magistrates Court on Friday heard details of the truck crash which killed four police officers while they processed paperwork for Mr Pusey in the emergency lane.
In the police summary read to court by homicide squad Detective Senior Constable Aaron Price, it was alleged Mr Pusey had gone off the side of the road to urinate when he heard a “bang” and saw “my car being pushed with the truck on top of it and two officers had just been crashed”.
In his police interview, Mr Pusey then went on to detail where the four officers were after the collision and describe “in detail” what he believed their injuries to be.
The court heard Ms Taylor’s body camera was on and recorded her calling for aid and Mr Pusey filming the crash site on his phone.
“There you go, amazing, absolutely amazing,” he is allegedly recorded saying after the crash with Ms Taylor groaning in the background.
“All I wanted to do was go home and have my sushi. You have f...ked my f...king car.”
The body camera recorded people at the scene telling Mr Pusey to leave after seeing him filming.
“That’s my f..king car mate,” Mr Pusey allegedly said.
The truck driver Mohinder Singh Bajwa is currently in hospital and yet to be interviewed.
Mr Pusey faces nine charges including failing to render assistance, reckless conduct endangering serious injury and three counts of committing an indictable offence while on bail.
That night Mr Pusey allegedly sent a video he had filmed to an Australian Federal Police officer he knew.
He also allegedly sent photos which featured two of the dead officers to someone else and exchanged messages, “joking” about how he hoped he would get out of it without a fine.
He later allegedly called the Fitzroy police station and emailed a summary of his version of events to a police officer he knew.
On Thursday Mr Pusey contacted his barrister and attended the Docklands police station, handing over a mobile phone that had been restored to its factory settings.
He has also been charged with destroying evidence.
Photos taken by Mr Pusey were posted on social media but it is not alleged that he posted them.
Mr Pusey pumped a fist to the media shortly after he arrived in court on Friday but kept his head bowed as the summary was read and his alleged actions detailed.
At the end of the summary, Senior Constable Price asked for a moment’s silence for his fallen colleagues.
Mr Pusey made no application for bail and will face court again in July.
Leading Senior Constable Lynette Taylor, Constable Glen Humphris, Senior Constable Kevin King and Constable Joshua Prestney had all dedicated their lives to protecting the community.
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