Distressing footage has been aired in courtroom of the moments after a golf buggy being pushed by a honeymooning husband rolled over on Hamilton Island – killing his new spouse Marina.
Robbie Awad confronted Prosperpine Magistrates Court docket in Queensland’s north on Thursday, flanked by half-a-dozen supporters and movie star defence lawyer Bryan Wrench and with rosary beads hanging round his neck.
Awad pleaded responsible to a few costs of the couple each not carrying seat belts and utilizing a cell phone, however he’s combating a single cost of driving with out consideration, inflicting dying.
Bodycam footage was aired in courtroom for the primary time from after the June 30, 2022 incident, the place Awad might be heard sobbing and telling police: ‘I am sorry. I did not take heed to her.
‘She advised me “put your telephone down!” I stated – what’s the worst that might occur? We’re driving 5km/h.
‘We circled and it picked up steam. F***ing hell, f***ing hell.’
Defence barrister Phil Boulton advised the courtroom that the telephone was ‘again in his pocket by the point of the crash’.
Within the bodycam video, Awad stated that Marina was ‘too good for me – she all the time did the best factor. She was probably the most caring…’
He requested the police: ‘What are the possibilities? There cannot be a excessive chance of that taking place’.
Robbie Awad (centre) arrives at courtroom with an entourage of supporters together with movie star defence solicitor Bryan Wrench. Awad had rosary beads round his neck
Awad is above with spouse Marina on their marriage ceremony day
A police officer responded: ‘They (the island’s well-known buggies) do tip fairly simply.’
Awad then described how the buggy picked up tempo and the way Marina fell out of the buggy and hit her head after he did a U-turn.’
‘The factor wasn’t transferring quick, then it picked up – that was as we have been doing (the) flip.
‘She got here out and hit her head. How did it not land wherever else – however on her head? I am unable to imagine that is taking place’.
The police officer then advised Awad that the golf buggy is a ‘fully totally different’ automobile to a automobile.
‘I am unable to imagine she is useless,’ Awad stated. ‘How the hell did that occur?’
Defence barrister Phillip Boulton SC argued Awad was driving with due care and was making an attempt to show round as a result of battery being low.
Mr Boulton argued the automobile was at a ‘crawl’ as Awad was performing the U-turn, and in a bid to hurry it up, the groom pushed down on the accelerator.
A big group of supporters flanked Awad as he arrived at Prosperine Magistrates Court docket
Golf buggies are famously utilized by Hamilton Island company to get across the island
Nevertheless, Mr Boulton claimed the automobile instantly roared again to life – sending Ms Hanna flying out of the buggy in a ‘tragic accident’.
‘He’ll say it was going not more than 2km-3km an hour,’ Mr Boulton stated.
‘He needed to put his foot on the accelerator to get it to even try this. In the midst of the flip, the automobile accelerates fully unexpectedly.
‘The time between acceleration and the tipping level is to be measured in two seconds, if that, and by that point, the scenario is completely irretrievable.’
The listening to is predicted to final no less than two days and is continuous.
