悉尼司機遇襲案判刑-司機遇襲片段曝光 (附連結)

在位於悉尼南部的臥龍崗區發生的巴士傷人案於八月六日宣判，襲擊者罪名成立，判入獄兩年。
法官在判刑時概嘆鑑於地方法庭權限，未能判處更高刑罰。

事發在今年 2 月 11 日，當時巴士司機在晚上正駕駛一架巴士由臥龍崗大學 (University Interchange) 駛往蜆殼港中心 (Shellharbour Square)，駛至海洋灘路 (Ocean Beach Road) 時，因司機飛站並未有倒車讓其下車回家，即時向他用腳施襲，猛踢司機的背部及頭部。司機見狀，並沒有即時停車，並忍著持續受腳踢的痛楚，一邊閃避，一邊把巴士駛往附近的七十一便利店求救。由於司機遇襲未能清楚看見路面清況，曾多次逆線行走，並逆線駛過兩個迴旋處。
最後司機駛到七十一後內有顧客見狀，即時跳上巴士製服乘客，而司機則用錢箱擲向施襲者，將其製服帶署。

原文：

Bus driver attacker out of jail in a year
BY MICHELE TYDD
6/08/2009 11:18:00 AM
A man responsible for a sickening attack on a bus driver will be out of jail in 12 months despite the sentencing judge saying he deserved harsher punishment. Judge Paul Conlon yesterday jailed James Joseph Elphick for two years with 18 months' non-parole, saying his hands were tied due to the way the case was handled in the lower court. "Words fail to describe the savagery of the attack," Judge Conlon said.
Elphick repeatedly kicked the driver, Ian Chalmers, while he was at the wheel for refusing to drop him home after he had fallen asleep. The assault, caught on CCTV, was so intense the bus veered onto the wrong side of the road as Mr Chalmers struggled to maintain control. Elphick, a 20-year-old handyman from Berkeley, pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm and affray. The assault happened on February 11 this year, two months after Elphick had been released from jail on another matter. RELATED COVERAGE------------------------------------------- Horrific attack on defenceless bus driver ------------------------------------------- --------------------------- He fell asleep on the Wollongong-Shellharbour run and became enraged when Mr Chalmers refused to drop him home. Elphick repeatedly kicked Mr Chalmers in the head, arms and back. Mr Chalmers tried to throw Elphick off balance with a few sharp turns of the steering, but it failed to stop him.
The attack took place over a distance of 1km between Blackbutt and Shellharbour. "Mr Chalmers nearly lost consciousness and felt his nose and cheeks go numb from the blows," police said in the fact sheet. The force of the kicks was so strong they peeled back the skin on Mr Chalmers' right arm and left a shoe print on his back. Bleeding and dazed, he pulled over outside the 7-Eleven store on the corner of Shellharbour and Wattle roads at Shellharbour. A motorist who witnessed the ordeal from behind jumped onto the bus and managed to get Elphick off. Elphick was arrested and Mr Chalmers was taken to hospital and treated for concussion, severe bruising and cuts and tears to the skin. Judge Conlon yesterday referred to a psychologist's report that cited Elphick's struggle to deal with a deprived childhood. The court also heard that Elphick's son had died from SIDS but he had more recently fathered a daughter, three. Elphick's employer, Mark Wheeler, told the court Elphick was a diligent worker but needed help and guidance for alcohol abuse. Judge Conlon described Elphick's background as sad but said it could not be used to excuse his behaviour. "It is difficult to comprehend how the society in which we live has developed in such a way that innocent victims are subjected to extreme violence every day by offenders who have one thing in common - absolute cowardice," he said. Judge Conlon said the attack was unprovoked and put other road users at great risk. He said he had a sentencing dilemma. Affray carried a maximum sentence of 10 years, but because the related charge of assault occasioning actual harm had been laid and accepted in a lower court he was restricted to a much lesser sentence. "My early statements on objective seriousness of this matter would require a sentence in excess of this limit but, given the manner in which it has come to this court, a longer sentence is not available to me," Judge Conlon said. The sentence was backdated to Elphick's arrest in February.

Source:
http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/news/local/news/general/bus-driver-attacker-out-of-jail-in-a-year/1588225.aspx?storypage=1
http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/news/local/news/general/bus-driver-attacker-out-of-jail-in-a-year/1588225.aspx?storypage=2

乘客向司機襲擊的片段成功被巴士內的閉路電視錄影，有關片段成為呈堂的最有力證據，而囚犯定罪後，有關片段經受害者同意後已經公開示眾：



遇襲司機身體多處受傷，需送院治理，即使六月後，仍不時覺頭痛。

遇襲片段：

http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/news/local/news/general/video-of-bus-attack-helps-drivers-recovery/1588976.aspx?storypage=0

個人意見：
在外國巴士遇襲案不時發生，在香港雖然有關案件未曾出現，但縱觀近年發生多宗巴士風化案，乘客爭執，以及的士司機遇襲案；令小弟開始擔心在香港巴士的安全性。
希望巴士工會及公司能夠看罷這個報導以後，考慮在司機位，錢箱，上落車門，下層車尾，上層車頭及樓梯後安裝閉路電視及保留錄影帶，產生阻嚇作用，保障乘客安全。

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