Brett Button faces a total of 89 charges including 10 counts of manslaughter and 16 counts of causing bodily harm by "wanton or furious driving".
Brett Button, 59, appeared briefly in Newcastle Local Court today, where his lawyer indicated he planned to enter pleas to the charges against him at his next court appearance over the Hunter Valley crash in June 2023.
O'Brien said the defence needed to respond to a specialist opinion provided to the ODPP. He did not reveal what the opinion being sought involved.Button did not comment when leaving court. Button was arrested after losing control of a bus taking 35 wedding guests from the Wandin Valley Estate to Singleton about 11.30pm on June 11.A woman lays flowers near the site of a bus crash in Cessnock. , which O'Brien read out on his behalf, saying there was "not a day that goes by that I don't think about what happened that day, that night".
Many on board the 57-seat Volvo bus were members of the Singleton Roosters Australian Rules Football Club.The crash claimed 10 lives and injured many more.
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