Truck driver behind Eastern Freeway crash has jail sentence reduced

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The truck driver who killed four police officers when he crashed a 19-tonne semi-trailer into them on Melbourne's Eastern Freeway has had his jail sentence slashed on appeal. 9News

Mohinder Singh, 49, was sleep-deprived and high on drugs when he veered into a service lane and crashed the truck into the Victoria Police officers, who had pulled over Porsche driver Richard Pusey for speeding.

He was also handed a new non-parole period of 14 years and six months, down from the 18-and-a-half-year period that was previously set. Morrissey told the court the sentence did not give enough weight to Singh's early plea of guilty, his remorse and his psychological disorders.

 

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Omg 😳 nojustice

The police in particularly the driver are responsible for their own deaths. You don't play tough on a freeway. If they had have followed procedure and practiced proper road safety there's every chance the coppers would be alive today. I knew Pussey would pretty much get off.

Irrelevant if they are police, 4 people dead. He should never be free.

Every day judges devalue the lives of policeman for some reason or another this is just another terrible example! abcnews TomElliott3AW rachelbaxendale georgiecrozier DavidDavisMLC DanielAndrewsMP

So killing 4 police officers means nothing to the Court. I wonder what he would have got if he had killed a Judge?

So the guy was high on drugs passes out kills 4 cops an gets his sentence reduced? Legal system is broken

How and why? He should get life.

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