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A survivor of a horrific bus crash which claimed 10 lives and injured 25 has told a court how he lost the love of his life and would never forgive the driver. Nick Dinakis had been returning on the bus to Singleton with partner Darcy Bulman after a wedding in the Hunter Valley, NSW when Brett Button’s dangerous driving caused the bus to roll on its side.
I hope the image of Darcy Kate Bulman and the nine other beautiful humans you killed are tattooed in your brain.” Judge Roy Ellis had earlier asked for restraint in a packed Newcastle District Court. He said the lengthy sentence he would impose was about justice. “Justice for the offender and justice for the victims of his crime and their families,” he said. “However, justice is not about revenge. “But it is about accountability, deterrence and punishment.
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