“Sentence won’t bring victims back” – Judge

Victims and the families of those killed in the Greta Bus Crash have been told any sentence handed out to the driver cannot bring them back.

Judge Roy Ellis addressing the first of three days of sentencing proceedings for 59-year-old Brett Andrew Button from Maitland.

Several rooms inside the Newcastle District Court heard Justice Ellis say the case would parallel few others in Australian history.

Button was behind the wheel when a bus crashed at Greta in June 2023, leaving 10 dead and 25 more injured.