Bert Vieira’s daughter says they ‘living a nightmare’ after her mum’s Mercedes was hit by police car

The daughter of millionaire racing mogul Bert Vieira said her family is ‘living a daily nightmare’ after her mum Gai’s Mercedes was T-boned by a speeding police car last year, leaving the woman in a five-month coma. 

Cassie Vieira-Choy took to social media to claim her family’s struggles have been heightened by online comments they’ve received from ‘police officers’ who have ‘harassed’ the family instead of ‘upholding the law’. 

‘[It] is extremely hard to sit back and read so many police [officers] stating incorrect information about the case and/or extremely rude and hurtful comments about my mum and our family,’ Ms Vieira-Choy wrote. 

‘Your job is to uphold the law, not harass and discredit a family that is living a daily nightmare. Your job is to protect us, the community.’  

New South Wales police declined to comment to Daily Mail Australia regarding Ms Vieira-Choy’s allegations, as the matter was before the court. 

 Her mother, Gai Vieira (pictured), was left fighting for her life after a police vehicle, which was allegedly travelling at a speed of 124 km/hr in a 70km/hr zone

Constable Harry Thomas Little, 40, was driving the Highway Patrol Ford Falcon that crashed into Mrs Vieira’s Mercedes on The Kingsway at Cronulla, in Sydney’s south, on September 5.  

Little pleaded not guilty to a charge of dangerous driving on Thursday, and Ms Vieira-Choy has said she was ‘shocked, appalled, but not surprised’ at his plea.  

Mrs Vieira was left fighting for her life after a police vehicle, which was allegedly travelling at a speed of 124 km/hr in a 70km/hr zone and had no flashing lights or sirens, collided with her Mercedes.

Little’s lawyer entered a not guilty plea to the dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm charge at the Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney on Thursday.

Mrs Vieira, the wife of racing mogul Bert Vieira, is still recovering in the brain trauma unit at Liverpool Hospital.

She suffered severe injuries, including broken bones, and punctured lungs and was placed into an induced coma, from which she awoke months later. 

Mrs Vieira (pictured), the wife of millionaire racing mogul Bert Vieira, is still recovering in the brain trauma unit at Liverpool Hospital 

Little’s (pictured) lawyer entered a not guilty plea to the dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm charge at Downing Centre Local Court, in Sydney, on Thursday 

Mrs Vieira took the impact of the crash while her three-year-old grandson who was sitting in the backseat escaped uninjured

Her three-year-old grandson, who was sitting in the back seat at the time of the crash, escaped unharmed.

Her husband visits her frequently and has said she is now able to signal with her finger.

But Ms Vieira-Choy said the family’s battle is far from over, and her family is ‘living a daily nightmare’. 

‘I am Gai Vieira’s daughter. I’m shocked, I’m appalled – but I can’t say that I’m surprised,’ she wrote. 

‘To make it clear – my family is not suing anyone. To make it CRYSTAL clear, my family did not even initiate this case.

‘This case is a DIRECT result of the Police’s own internal investigation of the crash.

‘It’s the Police investigating and placing charges on the Police as a result of THEIR own findings,’ Ms Vieira-Choy wrote. 

The mother-of-three said her family had struggled even more over online comments from people claiming to be police officers about Mrs Vieira, which were ‘extremely rude and hurtful’.

The mother-of-three (pictured) said her family had struggled even more over online comments about Mrs Vieira from people claiming to be police officers

‘I have been told by a senior police officer to refrain from talking about the case on Facebook as I could jeopardise it,’ she said.

‘However it is extremely hard to sit back and read so many police [officers] stating incorrect information about the case and/or extremely rude and hurtful comments about my Mum and our family.

‘Your job is to uphold the law, not harass and discredit a family that is living a daily nightmare.

‘Your job is to protect us, the community,’ she concluded. 

Outside the courtroom earlier this week, racing mogul Bert Vieira told reporters he would continue to fight for justice for his wife.

‘Now we have to let the judiciary system work. I’m not giving up, this is a long fight.’ 

Ms Vieira-Choy (pictured) was seen leaving owning Centre Local Court, in Sydney, on Thursday

Outside of court Mr Vieira (pictured) told reporters he would continue to fight for justice for his wife

 Since the accident Mr Vieira has since called for a ban on high-speed police pursuits for lower-level traffic crimes (Mrs Vieria pictured) 

He said he would not tell his wife about the not guilty plea as he did not want her to be weighed down with the court proceedings and to focus solely on her recovery.

‘I want her to be positive every day, I got to let her concentrate, put her mind back on moving the limbs that she has to move.’ 

Since the accident Mr Vieira has since called for a ban on high-speed police pursuits for lower-level traffic crimes. 

Mr Vieira is a successful horse owner whose horse Trapeze Artist – once valued at $40 million – was a favoured contender for the Everest Race last year – though first place went to Redzel.

The horse was retired in April 2019 after it suffered a near-side shoulder injury during the Group I TJ Smith Stakes at Randwick, in Sydney.               

Mr Vieira said he did not want his wife to be weighed down with the court proceedings and to focus solely on her recovery