Judge throws out ‘weak’ case against driver at centre of Daylesford pub crash that left five people dead
by Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#6QVCC)
Court had heard William Swale had suffered a severe hypoglycaemic attack' before the November 2023 crash
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A diabetic driver who ploughed into a regional Victorian beer garden, leaving three adults and two children dead, will walk free from court after a magistrate threw out the weak" case against him.
William Swale, 66, had all 14 charged against him struck out on Thursday following a three-day committal hearing this week in Ballarat magistrates court over the November 2023 crash.
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