A Sydney magistrate slams the disgraceful waste problem of affluent Sydney after clearing a garbage truck driver who ran over a frail homeless man.
A Sydney magistrate has slammed the"disgraceful waste problem of affluent Sydney" after a frail homeless man was run over and killed by a garbage truck driver who mistook him for a discarded blanket.
The court heard Mr Hayne was"very, very emaciated" and residents told the court they had not witnessed homeless people sleeping there before."It has been very hard," he said."It felt like 10 years."But just before 8am, he was pinned beneath the driver's side front wheel of a City of Sydney garbage truck.
Magistrate Giles said the incident points to the"disgraceful waste problem of affluent Sydney flooding the streets".
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