Overview
- Judges dismissed Brett Button’s appeal on Friday, leaving his 32-year sentence and 24-year non-parole period unchanged.
- Button pleaded guilty to 35 offences after prosecutors dropped 10 manslaughter counts under a plea deal.
- The court accepted findings that he drove too fast and was affected by Tramadol, with prosecutors arguing he knew the drug’s impact given a prior job dismissal over addiction.
- Defence submissions alleging double-counting and disputing the bus’s 31 km/h tipping threshold were rejected as lacking material error.
- The June 11, 2023 rollover near Greta killed 10 wedding guests and injured about 25 others, and Button will be eligible for parole in 2048.