Melbourne horror crash: Porsche driver Richard Pusey hospitalized after ‘riot’

Neighbors of Porsche driver Richard Pusey say he was “delirious” on his rooftop before police broke into his home after a disturbance overnight.

Specialist police raided Pusey’s home due to concerns about his well-being after he refused to let officers in.

Police were called to the property around 11:30 p.m. Sunday after reports of screaming and broken windows.

“Responding officers expressed concern for the well-being of those involved after it was reported that people could be heard yelling and windows being broken,” said a Victoria police spokeswoman.

“The resident of the house was contacted by the police, but they did not provide him access to the property.

“Police cordoned off the area and officers from the critical incident response team negotiated with the man before he turned himself in to police without incident.”

Officers broke into the property and found Pusey, 42, on the roof.

He was taken to the Hospital de San Vicente for evaluation.

A neighbor said that Pusey started “playing” dance music at full volume around 9pm.

Around 12:30 am, the neighbor said he heard loud screams and discovered that Pusey was “ranting” on the roof of his apartment.

“If I remember correctly, he was saying, ‘You broke his heart,'” he said.

“Oh, I was delirious. It would soften a little and then sound loud again.”

The neighbor, a Fitzroy resident, said it was the first time he had heard Pusey rant on his rooftop.

But he said the apartment was known to the locals because of the frequent loud music playing at all hours.

There also seemed to be multicolored flashing disco lights installed in the “beautiful” apartment.

“The problem the neighborhood has is that it plays what I would describe as very loud dance music and sometimes late at night,” said the neighbor.

He said that he had been forced to buy noise-canceling headphones for a family member specifically because of the loud music being played in Pusey’s apartment late at night while they were trying to sleep.

“It has increased recently,” he said.

“When he came out (on bail) he was quiet for a while, and in the last three weeks or so it seems to have increased.”

He said police advised residents to stay away from Pusey.

“All the neighbors want is peace and quiet, and living without disturbances,” he said.

Pusey’s attorney, Chris McLennan, said he had been released from the hospital and back in police custody after nighttime riots in his warehouse-style apartment.

McLennan told NCA NewsWire that his client was “lucid” and “seemed fine.”

Footage from the incident showed Pusey yelling from the ceiling as red and blue emergency lights illuminated the street.

No charges have been filed.

A woman was also at home at the time but was not injured and is assisting the police with their investigation.

the investigation is ongoing

Police are expected to investigate whether Pusey violated any of his strict bail conditions during the overnight incident.

On Monday morning, the entrance to the mortgage broker’s house had been blocked with wooden boards.

The metal door through which the police broke in was bent and fastened, and the six windows facing the street had their shutters down.

Police executed a search warrant overnight and remained at the scene until 10 a.m. Monday.

Pusey was released on bail on October 16 and is due to stand trial on a series of charges related to the April 22 Eastern Freeway accident that killed four Victoria police officers.

They include the rare charge of outraging public decency, brought because the Porsche driver allegedly filmed and mocked Sheriff Lynette Taylor when she died.

Senior Agent Kevin King and Agents Glen Humphris and Josh Prestney were also killed in the tragedy.

Pusey is also charged with reckless conduct that endangers serious injury, possession of a dependency drug, reckless conduct that endangers death, and misdemeanors.

He is separately fighting robbery and assault charges stemming from an earlier incident in October 2018, where he allegedly fought a man and stole a pair of car keys.

The driver of the truck that struck the police officers, Mohinder Singh, pleaded guilty this month to 10 counts in connection with the fatal accident, including four counts of guilty driving resulting in death.

The four policemen had pulled over Pusey for allegedly speeding and were stopped in the emergency lane when Singh entered the scene and killed the officers.

Singh, who had not slept and was on an ice bender, told police that he had been seeing a witch in the run-up to the tragedy.

Singh faces a pre-sentencing plea hearing in March.