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on 28 September 2021. Category one offences have a maximum penalty of $ 300,000 and five years jail for an individual and $ 3m for a corporation. Category two offences carry a maximum penalty of $ 150,000 for an individual and $ 1.5 million for a corporation. Singh's boss, Simiona Tuteru, was charged
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in his system and the officers called for backup to impound his car. Senior
Constable Kevin King and Constable Joshua Prestney arrived half an hour later. About a minute after their arrival, the four were standing in the emergency lane while Pusey urinated off the side of the road when Singh's
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and has travelled a short distance in the emergency lane at around about 100km/h and slammed into the rear of the highway patrol vehicle." Constable
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charges. In March 2023 all remaining charges against Tuteru were put on hold permanently, with the judge describing the case as a misuse of the court process and criticising the prosecution for acting oppressively and unfairly in the handling of the case.
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struck them. Pusey was not hit and used his mobile phone to film the scene, zooming in on the injured officers, saying "That is fucking justice, that is fucking amazing" as they lay dying on the ground. He said, "all I wanted was to go home and have my
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Porsche driver Richard Pusey. Data showed that Singh did not try to brake until it was too late. Singh was using and trafficking drugs before the crash occurred. He had been
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and now you've fucked my fucking car". Pusey continued vulgar commentary while filming for more than three minutes before fleeing on foot and sharing the video on
Facebook. He was charged with two counts of
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Victoria police commissioner Graham Ashton stated that two officers stopped a
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ploughed into the four officers. Pusey was not hit, as he was urinating at the side of the road. He filmed the dying officers whilst giving an expletive-laden commentary.
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