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Trial of NSW highway patrol officer involved in high-speed crash with Sydney grandmother ends in hung jury
The trial of a NSW highway patrol officer accused of dangerous driving over a crash that left a Sydney grandmother with a permanent brain injury has ended in a hung jury.
Key points:
- Gai Vieira received traumatic brain injuries and will “likely never recover”
- It took seven-and-a-half hours of deliberation before the jury decided there was no prospect of a unanimous decision
- Judge Sarah Huggett said the hung jury shouldn’t be viewed as a failure
Senior Constable Harry Thomas Little was pursuing a driver using their mobile phone at Cronulla as part of a state-wide crackdown in September 2018.
His car’s warning lights and siren were off as he reached speeds of 135 kilometres per hour just before colliding with a Mercedes-Benz driven by Gai…
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