Brett Button,61岁,因2023年新南威尔士州公共汽车失事造成包括婚礼嘉宾在内的10人丧生,32年徒刑的上诉被驳回。
Brett Button, 61, denied appeal on 32-year sentence for 2023 NSW bus crash that killed 10, including wedding guests.
2025 年 11 月 14 日,新南威尔士州刑事上诉法院驳回了他的上诉,此前 61 岁的布雷特·巴顿 (Brett Button) 将服满 32 年监禁,此前 2023 年猎人谷发生公交车事故,造成 10 名婚礼宾客死亡,25 人受伤。
Brett Button, 61, will serve his full 32-year prison sentence after the New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal rejected his appeal on November 14, 2025, in the wake of a 2023 bus crash in the Hunter Valley that killed 10 wedding guests and injured 25 others.
这起车祸发生在 2023 年 6 月 11 日,地点是辛格尔顿附近的葡萄酒之乡大道,当时巴顿在阿片类药物曲马多的影响下鲁莽驾驶并拿过山车开玩笑,然后失去控制并翻滚了公共汽车。
The crash, which occurred on June 11, 2023, on Wine Country Drive near Singleton, happened when Button, under the influence of the opioid Tramadol, was driving recklessly and joking about rollercoasters before losing control and rolling the bus.
他认罪35项指控,包括10项危险驾驶造成死亡的罪状。
He pleaded guilty to 35 charges, including 10 counts of dangerous driving causing death.
法院维持原判,包括24年无假释期,指出鉴于悲剧的严重性和受害者信任他作为雇用司机的职责,判决是适当的。
The court upheld the original sentence, including a 24-year non-parole period, stating it was appropriate given the severity of the tragedy and the victims’ trust in his duty as a hired driver.
按钮仍然有资格在2048年获得释放。
Button remains eligible for release in 2048.