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Alarming new details have emerged about the horror disaster that killed five teenagers in Buxton as the teenage driver is released from prison under house arrest.
18-year-old Tyrell Edwards, dressed in prison green and with a mustache and goatee, watched as Judge Robert Beech-Jones granted him strict bail to live with his parents and have no contact with anyone under the age of 18 unless in prison. the company of his mother.
Edwards lowered his eyes when the court learned shocking details on Sept. 6 about what happened just before the ute Edwards was driving and crashed into two trees.
Justice Beech-Jones said after crossing the wrong side of the road at East Parade in Buxton, the ute “rotated clockwise before colliding with the first tree, causing it to spin counterclockwise before hitting the ground.” collided with the second tree’ .
The judge said this happened as a result of Edward’s “aggressive swerve” while driving with an unbraked passenger in the back of the ute.
He said Edwards filmed himself an hour before the fatal crash at 8 p.m. and apparently “tried the same maneuver” just before the tragedy.
Tyrell Edwards is released on bail to live with his parents (above) and is effectively under house arrest, unable to leave without the company of his mother Renee
Edwards was behind the wheel when his Nissan ute crashed into a tree in Buxton
Tyrell Edwards, 18, (pictured) was the lone survivor of the crash and has been charged with five counts of dangerous driving resulting in death
The court heard that Edwards had driven close to another vehicle around 7:30 p.m., half an hour before the fatal blow, and then “then sped away.”
Conditions imposed on Edwards while he is on bail include that he observe a curfew, that he is not allowed to leave his parents’ house except in the company of his mother, that he does not drink alcohol and that he is not steering wheel of a vehicle creeps.
A prison psychologist’s report submitted in the 18-year-old’s release application said he had an “introverted nature,” a “moderately high suicide risk,” had feelings of guilt and shame, and was aware of the “stigma.” which he would have to deal with ‘…in custody and in the community’.
Judge Beech-Jones noted that the five offenses Edwards is accused of carrying a maximum sentence of ten years in prison and that he could face a long sentence, said: “It appears that (his) sentence has already begun.”
Remains of a green P-plate at a Buxton road site where the five teens were killed in a car accident
John van der Putte touches the outside of the hearse with his daughter Lily, 15, during a final goodbye at her funeral on September 16 during a week of heartbreaking emotion for the crash families
Three girls and two boys, all friends of Edwards between the ages of 14 and 16, were killed in the September 6 crash.
Edwards was charged with five counts of dangerous driving resulting in death and was initially denied bail at Picton Local Court on September 8.
Edwards’ attorneys told the NSW Supreme Court two weeks ago that the P-plater had been on suicide watch at Silverwater’s Metropolitan Remand and Reception prison since Sept. 8.
The revelation came as the last of the funerals for the slain teens — for Summer Williams, 14, and Antonio Desisto, 16 — were held after a week of emotional farewells to Tyrese Bechard, 15, Lily van de Putte, 15, and Gabriella McLennan, 14.
Gabriella McLennan, 14, is carried from church after an emotional goodbye by family and friends during a week of funerals for the five young crash victims
The police assume that officers obtained images of the teenagers in the car an hour before the accident.
At the September 8 court hearing, it was said that about an hour before the fatal crash, Edwards was filmed aggressively turning the wheel of the ute and swerving at 90 km/h.
Court documents claim that during the phone video, one of the alleged victims can be heard from the back seat: “We’re going to spin, because.”
In an interview with police, Edwards is said to have told officers that his steering wheel started to ‘shake’ and that he lost control of the vehicle.
Tyrell Edwards spent nearly a month on suicide watch in Silverwater Prison (above) after being initially denied bail following his arrest on charges of the crash
Friends of the five students who died on Sept. 6 visited the crash site a day after the multiple fatalities
Magistrate Mark Douglass said at the time that the decision to refuse bail “wasn’t easy,” but he had considered Edwards’ driving history.
“Given the egregious breach of trust, given the egregious violation of traffic rules that police say took place, this court has no confidence that this particular individual, given the history I have explained, would meet the bail conditions that the court had in this particular case.” case has been made. on time,” Mr Douglass said at the Sept. 8 hearing.
Edwards, who worked as a labourer, has a history of anxiety and was “traumatized” by the incident, the court was told.
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Gabriella McLennan is pictured on the left with her best friend, Lily van de Putte. They died together in the car accident
Antonio Desisto (pictured right) and Summer Williams (left) also died in the car accident on September 6
Tyrese Bechard (pictured) died in the car accident when a Nissan ute crashed into two trees on East Parade in Buxton