Police will allege a man charged with manslaughter intentionally held a young tradesman,Rhyce Harding,against the side of his vehicle as he drove through Blackett in Sydney’s west in an apparent road rage incident on Thursday.
Harding,27,died after being dragged alongside the vehicle at around 8.45am on Thursday morning.
A man killed in an alleged road-rage incident in Sydney’s west was dragged 100 metres down a busy road and left to die,police say.
CCTV footage of the incident appears to show Harding either clinging to or being held against the side of a white ute as it was driven Jersey Road in Blackett,near Mount Druitt.
Bradley Wilkinson,39,handed himself in at Mt Druitt Police Station on Friday. He was charged with manslaughter,fail to stop and assist after vehicle impact causing death,negligent driving (occasioning death),and dangerous driving occasioning death – drive manner dangerous.
Wilkinson appeared in Parramatta Bail Court on Saturday but did not seek bail and will remain in custody until he next appears in court on July 17.
“Whilst the offences are serious in nature and it will be a challenge for the prosecution to prosecute their case,the accused understands that the matters are at the early stages of proceedings and a release application will be made once the prosecution serve the brief of evidence,” said Wilkinson’s lawyer Javid Faiz.
Rhyce Harding was killed in an alleged road rage incident in Blackett.World Gym
Harding,a landscaper and avid kickboxer,was on his way to work when police believe he was involved in argument.
“Apparently the victim had gotten out of[his] vehicle after being threatened by a car following him and obviously,words were said. That’s what’s led us to believe it could have happened because of a road-rage incident,” Acting Inspector Shane Ranee of Mount Druitt police said on Thursday.
Sydney woman Stacey Disbray paid tribute to her “best friend” Harding,telling theHerald he helped raise her young children.
“He was the best role model,always there when we needed him,never expecting anything in return,” she said.
She remembered Harding as a funny man dedicated to his friends.
“Even so much as spending a month practising his make-up skills so the kids looked absolutely amazing for Halloween,there was never a time he didn’t think of everyone else above himself,he was an amazing one-of-a-kind man who has left everyone who loved him absolutely shattered.”
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