How Richard Pusey ‘TEXTED mates that he was trying to get his Porsche to 350km/h before he was pulled over – and then filmed four dying cops’
The man accused of filming dying police had been trying to get his sports car up to 350km/h when pulled over.
Richard Pusey, 41, allegedly made the claims via text messages retrieved from his phone after the tragedy last month.
Leading Senior Constable Lynette Taylor, Constable Glen Humphris, Senior Constable Kevin King and Constable Josh Prestney were all killed when a truck ploughed into them while they were apprehending Pusey.
Court heard Pusey was trying to get his Porsche up to 350km/h when pulled over by police
Constable Glen Humphris, Senior Constable Kevin King, Leading Senior Constable Lynette Taylor and Constable Joshua Prestney were all killed when a truck ploughed into them while they were apprehending Pusey.
In applying for bail at the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Monday, the court heard Pusey had previously been caught on dash cam rocketing along the Eastern Freeway a month before he was pulled over by police along the same stretch of highway.
Detective Senior Constable Aaron Price said a check of Pusey’s phone revealed he had bragged about his speeding and planned to go even faster.
The alleged texts were sent to a mate about a month before the tragedy happened on April 22.
In the text axchange, Pusey allegedly claimed to have attached technology to his Porsche that rendered it invisible to police radars.
Scene of the fatal crash in which four police officer were killed
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