Mohinder Singh has sentence reduced after crash on Melbourne’s Eastern Freeway
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Truck driver who killed four police officers while high on drugs in horror Melbourne crash has his sentence SLASHED
- Mohinder Singh, 49, had 22-year prison sentence cut to 18 years and six months
- He crashed 19-tonne semi-trailer into four Victoria Police officers in April, 2020
- The truck driver was short on sleep and high on drugs at the time
- He plead guilty to culpable driving causing death and drug trafficking charges
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A truck driver who killed four police officers in a crash on Melbourne’s Eastern Freeway will have his prison sentence reduced by three-and-a-half years.
Mohinder Singh, 49, asked Victoria’s Court of Appeal to reduce his 22-year prison sentence, arguing it was manifestly excessive and the non-parole period too long.
The court on Thursday allowed his appeal and reduced his sentence to 18 years and six months.
Mohinder Singh has had his 22-year jail sentence reduced on appeal
Left to right: Constable Glen Humphris, Senior Constable Kevin King, Leading Senior Constable Lynette Taylor and Constable Joshua Prestney all died in the crash
His non-parole period was slashed to 14 years and six months, down from 18-and-a-half years.
Singh was short on sleep and high on drugs in April 2020, when he veered into a service lane and crashed a 19-tonne semi-trailer into four Victoria Police officers.
Constable Lynette Taylor, Senior Constable Kevin King, and constables Glen Humphris and Josh Prestney, who had pulled over Porsche driver Richard Pusey for speeding, were killed.
Singh was last year jailed after pleading guilty to four counts of culpable driving causing death and drug trafficking charges.
Singh was short on sleep and high on drugs in April 2020, when he veered into a service lane and crashed a 19-tonne semi-trailer into four Victoria Police officers.
He was a heavy ice user which made him experience psychosis and led him to see witches and believe in aliens.
Singh has promised to give evidence against his boss Simiona Tuteru who police allege shouldn’t have let Singh drive on the day of the crash.
Mr Tuteru is facing manslaughter charges but denies the allegations and will defend them in court.
Singh was heard crying out ‘oh no, oh no’ in the moments after the crash.
Wayne Gatt, Secretary from the Police Association of Victoria, said police would struggle to ‘grapple’ with Singh’s reduced sentence.
‘This man may now be afforded additional days of freedom. Not a single extra day can be added to the lives of our four fallen members,’ Mr Gatt said.