Horror crash: Porsche driver Richard Pusey denied bail

In denying Richard Pusey bail, the magistrate accepted that he might spend longer on remand than any sentence potentially handed down.

Richard Pusey has been denied bail. Picture: AAP.

A magistrate has condemned the “morally repugnant” behaviour of the Porsche driver who allegedly filmed a dying police officer following a crash last month and denied bail.

Richard Pusey was allegedly driving his $150,000 Porsche coupe at 149km/h on April 22 when he was pulled over by Victoria Police on Melbourne’s Eastern Freeway.

He was urinating on the side of the road when a Connect Logistics branded truck veered to the left, killing all four officers who had been dealing with him — Constable Joshua Prestney, Constable Glen Humphris, ­Senior Constable Kevin King and leading Senior Constable Lynette Taylor.

It is alleged Mr Pusey filmed the carnage for about three minutes, using the zoom function as well as making derogatory comments.

In denying Mr Pusey’s bail application on Thursday Magistrate Johanna Metcalf said the filming of the crash scene was not an offence.

“While his actions in seeking to record the aftermath of the collision were highly intrusive and morally repugnant, the filming was not illegal,” she said.

Mr Pusey is charged with a dozen offences including reckless conduct endangering serious injury, failing to render assistance at the scene of a collision knowing a person had been killed, attempting to pervert the course of justice and destroying evidence.

Mr Pusey was allegedly caught on police bodycam berating Constable Taylor about how he wanted sushi and about the damage to his Porsche as she lay dying under the truck.

Ms Metcalf said Mr Pusey had a criminal history dating back to 2008 and 11 speeding fines dating back to 2000, with the most recent in 2019.

Some of the offences related to drugs and alcohol, including an incident last September when Mr Pusey was intoxicated on an aeroplane in Queensland and engaged in offensive and disorderly behaviour.

Ms Metcalf said his case was likely to be delayed due to COVID-19 with a contested committal possibly not until 2022 and it was possible Mr Pusey would spend longer in remand than any sentence handed down.

The court heard Mr Pusey had mental health issues including rage, ADHD, narcissistic personality and poly-substance abuse.

Mr Pusey’s barrister proposed Mr Pusey attend his general practitioner and be put on a mental health plan.

Ms Metcalf found this insufficient however and said Mr Pusey had a history of not following through with treatment.

She said considering the whole of the evidence, Mr Pusey posed an unacceptable risk of committing offences while on bail and endangering the safety of the public.

Truck driver Mohinder Singh has been charged with culpable driving causing the officers’ deaths.