Australia, May 25 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on April 24:
1. The offenders, Daniel Michael Bushell and John Jamie Tozer, are before the court for sentence. They are each to be sentenced for one count of manslaughter contrary to s 18(1)(b) of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) ("Crimes Act") for which the maximum penalty is 25 years imprisonment and for which there is no standard non-parole period.
2. The manslaughter offending occurred between 11 and 13 February 2017. Mr Bushell and Mr Tozer were 42 and 31 years old respectively at the time of that offending. Mr Tozer pleaded guilty to manslaughter on 12 February 2025 (which the Crown accepted in full satisfaction of the indictment) and Mr ...