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P-Plate Driver Gets Bail to Sydney Mansion
9 Oct
Summary
- P-plate driver granted bail to a $3.55 million Randwick home.
- Ten people were injured in the crash, including a child.
- Driver faces up to seven years in prison if convicted.
An 18-year-old P-plate driver, Indika Bambrick Samarasinghe, was granted bail to his family's $3.55 million home in Randwick, Sydney, six days after allegedly driving into Newcastle Knights supporters. The crash injured 10 people, including a five-year-old girl and a 67-year-old, with some initially in critical condition. Three patients remained in stable condition in hospital as of Friday morning.
Samarasinghe appeared via video link from Silverwater Correctional Centre, with bail conditions including a curfew, daily reporting to police, and a ban from Newcastle and alcohol. He must surrender his passport and is prohibited from approaching departure points. His licence had been suspended prior to the incident and was suspended again afterward.
The driver faces nine charges, including dangerous and negligent driving occasioning grievous bodily harm, with a maximum sentence of seven years if convicted. Police are investigating reports that the driver was "driving erratically" and accelerated through a roundabout on a wet road moments before the collision. Two passengers in the vehicle were unharmed.
