source : the age
The 70-year-old man who was driving the Brisbane council bus that mounted a footpath and killed Tia Cameron in the CBD is seeking the advice of a top barrister to determine if he should take the case to trial.
Cameron, an 18-year-old administration worker, had left a lash appointment on March 8, 2024, when the bus pinned her against the wall of the Anzac Square Arcade building.
Bus driver Lindsay Francis Selby has not entered a plea in the case.
Tia Cameron, 18, was remembered as caring, loving, and always ready to make those around her laugh.
At a brief hearing in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Wednesday, his lawyer, Claire McGee, told the court Selby was awaiting advice from barrister Saul Holt on whether the case should proceed to a hearing or a sentence.
McGee said the defence team might also need to seek to obtain its own expert report. The court heard the prosecution had given the forensic crash report to Selby’s legal team.
The bus that struck and killed Cameron was back in operation, the court was told.
McGee told magistrate Ross Mack there was difficulty with the case given the defence now no longer had possession of the bus, and it was unable to be inspected before Holt’s advice.
When Mack asked where the bus was, McGee answered: “It’s been returned to operations”.
Mack said he was worried with the delays, and that the case was “spinning out”, highlighting that the matter had been before the courts since mid-2024.
“This is a summary matter, a traffic matter, we’re not going to wait nine months for availability on counsel,” he said.
The case was adjourned to May 14, where it would be determined if the case was proceeding to hearing or sentence.
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