Melbourne driver slammed Chinese immigrants to death for one year. (photo of the Times)
In September 2017, a Melbourne bus driver killed a passer-by driving dangerously, breaking up a newly arrived Chinese immigrant family. The case was opened on Friday and the driver was sentenced to a year`s sentence.
Corris (Georgios Koukoulis, 43, hit and killed a Chinese immigrant, GE Jing (Jing Ge, who was crossing the road at the intersection of (Mordialloc), Modiarak, September 5, 2017, the Times reported. The incident occurred only three months after GE Jing and his wife moved to Australia.
After judge announced the verdict, GE Jing`s widow burst into tears in court. "to me, Corris was a murderer, and he ruined my life," she told the victim`s impact statement. I know you don`t want to kill him, but it`s already happened. Husband death, I`m in hell. My perfect family fell apart. "
Corris pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing others death in the county court. Judge Meredith (Gavan Meredith) said that despite "puzzling" his distractions while driving, he did show apparent remorse in the aftermath of the accident.
It is understood that before the incident, Cocles was parked at the intersection waiting for the red light, and then was distracted by the computer display and the duty meter on the bus. He made a wrong right turn when the traffic light and pedestrian signal lights turned green. He bumped into GE Jing, who was passing by. The latter sustained injuries to the head and breast and died shortly after being admitted to the hospital.
Corris lived in Greece before returning to Australia in 2014. After being questioned by police, Corris bought a ticket to Qatar. About a month later, airport personnel at Melbourne airport arrest prepared to board and departure Cocles and found about 10050 euros (about A $15000) and A $2084 in cash on his body. He also told staff that he had resigned and sent his belongings abroad in advance. Nevertheless, the man was subsequently released successfully.
At Friday`s hearing, judge ruled that he had failed to notice GE Jing before the incident, but sentenced him to 12 months in prison, given that he had no criminal record and had shown apparent remorse.
