Notorious Porsche driver Richard Pusey has tried to quote the Ukrainian president during an extraordinary court appearance before hitting a roadblock over a crucial document.
Dressed in prison greens and with their hair in pigtails Pusey appeared via video link in the Sunshine Magistrates Court on Tuesday for a bail hearing, which was stalled before it barely began.
An unrepresented Pusey told the court they’d not received key documents relied upon for the bail application.
Pusey claimed they were “not armed the same” as the prosecution and it would be unfair to hear their case.
They also went on to misquote Volodymyr Zelensky.
“Freedom must be armed no worse than tyranny,” Pusey told the court, though Mr Zelensky’s words were actually, “freedom must be armed better than tyranny”.
Pusey is facing allegations they posted an image of a dead police officer to the website of a Melbourne Porsche dealership.
The 44-year-old, who was jailed for filming four dying police officers after a crash on Melbourne’s Eastern Freeway in 2020, has been charged with two counts of using a telecommunications device to menace and two counts of committing an indictable offence on bail.
The charges stemmed from an investigation into two separate incidents on November 25 and February 7, police said in a statement.
One of the charges alleges the former mortgage broker posted a Google review to the Porsche dealership’s website that included an image of an officer killed in the horrific Eastern Freeway crash.
Pusey was arrested earlier this year and has been remanded in custody ever since.
During Tuesday’s hearing the prosecution agreed with Pusey’s submission and Magistrate Jennifer Grubissa adjourned the matter until later this month.
Pusey then asked the magistrate how long they would need to be in rehab.
“How long do I have to be here until I get better?” Pusey asked.
“They this is a rehabilitation centre, so how long until I get better?”
Magistrate Grubissa said the court would not be answering that query today and adjourned his hearing to April 29.
Last month Pusey told the magistrate they almost missed their appearance because they were planning to visit some GPs in relation to gender reassignment surgery and had previously told the court their pronouns were they/them.
A number oxjmtzywf charges against Pusey were dropped in the Magistrate Court last week.
They included two counts of stalking and four of assaulting an emergency worker, and committing an offence while on bail.
Police had previously alleged Pusey threw canisters of nitrous oxide at officers and left cat litter and faeces around a person’s home.
Pusey was sentenced to 10 months jail last year after pleading guilty to the rare charge of outraging public decency for filming the aftermath of the crash that killed Leading Senior Constable Lynette Taylor, Senior Constable Kevin King and Constables Josh Prestney and Glen Humphris.
