Now that a jury has found James Gargasoulas guilty for the Bourke Street rampage that killed six people and injured 27 others,attention turns to how long he’s likely to be jailed.
An edited excerpt from the statement of facts tendered to the Supreme Court on the first day of the trial for accused Bourke Street driver James Gargasoulas.
James Gargasoulas has been found guilty of six counts of murder after deliberately ploughing into pedestrians as he drove stolen car along Bourke St last year.
The jury in the trial of accused Bourke Street driver James Gargasoulas has retired to consider its verdict.
The following people were injured as a result of the vehicle striking them in Bourke Street on January 20,2017.
James Gargasoulas was calm,rational and not suffering from"drug-induced psychosis"two days after the Bourke Street incident,expert tells court.
In the minutes before he turned into the Bourke Street Mall a police officer sent James Gargasoulas a desperate text message.'Don’t do this,'he pleaded.
Accused Bourke Street driver is expected to take the stand in his own defence to provide an'explanation'for why he killed six people and injured 27 others.
On the opening day of the Supreme Court trial,a 13-person jury watched raw footage of real people dying and others suffering horrendous injuries.
James Gargasoulas,28,has pleaded not guilty to six charges of murder and 27 charges of reckless conduct endangering life over the Bourke Street tragedy that unfolded on January 20,2017. We bring you live coverage of the trial as it unfolds in the Melbourne Supreme Court.
Accused Bourke Street tragedy driver James Gargasoulas has entered 33 pleas of not guilty over a car attack that killed six people in the centre of Melbourne last year.