A man who filmed four dying police officers at a crash last year while describing it as justice was "probably the most hated man in Australia," a judge said Wednesday while considering his sentence.
Judge Trevor Wraight said the public outrage over the actions of Richard Pusey was understandable.
The judge was speaking at a pre-sentencing hearing after Pusey, 42, pleaded guilty earlier this month to several charges. He is due to be sentenced April 28 and faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison.
Pusey, a mortgage broker, was pulled over by the officers for speeding at 149 kilometers (93 miles) per hour in his Porsche. The officers were discussing สล็อตxo whether to impound the car when a truck swerved into them. It missed hitting Pusey because at the time he was urinating at the side of the highway.
As other witnesses rushed to help, Pusey got out his phone and made two videos of the scene. He zoomed in on the faces and the injuries of the three male and one female officers, called the officers vulgarities, and said the scene was "absolutely amazing" and represented "justice."
Others at the scene urged Pusey to help, but he shrugged them off, saying “they’re dead.”
He later pleaded guilty to outraging public decency, speeding and reckless conduct. He also admitted possessing ecstasy, after returning positive tests for both ecstasy and marijuana at the time he was pulled over.