
Hunter Valley Bus Tragedy: Court Upholds Massive 32-Year Sentence.
The New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal has confirmed the 32-year jail sentence handed to Brett Andrew Button, the driver behind the horrific Hunter Valley wedding-bus crash that killed 10 people and injured dozens more in June 2023. Button had attempted to challenge his sentence—24 years of which must be served before parole—but the state’s highest criminal court ruled the punishment was fair and proportionate to the devastation he caused. Button pleaded guilty to 35 charges, including 10 counts of dangerous driving occasioning death and multiple counts of grievous bodily harm, after speeding a bus through a roundabout at more...
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