— With AAP.
Samuel William Davidson, accused of the manslaughter of four children who were hit by a four-wheel-drive in Sydney’s northwest, has been refused bail.
The 29-year-old was behind the wheel of a Mitsubishi ute which struck seven children who were riding bicycles on a footpath in Oatlands on Saturday night.
Davidson was arrested after returning a positive roadside breath test which allegedly recorded a blood alcohol reading of 0.15, three times over the legal limit.
His case was heard on Sunday at Parramatta Bail Court, where he was charged with 20 offences including four counts of manslaughter, dangerous driving occasioning death and grievous bodily harm, negligent driving and drink-driving.
#BREAKING: A 29-year-old man has been charged with 20 offences including manslaughter and high-range drink-driving after four children were killed in Sydney.
— ABC News (@abcnews) February 1, 2020
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Utterly devastating. And what about the passenger? Shouldn't they be charged too as an accessory to a crime? They allowed the driver to drive that vehicle, seems unjust for them to get away with it.
Yes, you are on the right track with that thinking.
Did they have much of a choice? Accessories usually have to actively enable the crime- if it was his car he lent to the driver then maybe, but otherwise there wasn’t much he could do and he may not have even known the driver had been drinking. Not too many people happily get in the car with someone they know is that far over the limit.
He got in the car, thus encouraging the driver further. Should definitely be charged.
The passenger was probably as drunk as the driver. And it is not a crime to be a drunk passenger.
Such an awful tragedy .... even more so knowing it was preventable:(((((