Overview
- Tayler Hazell was sentenced Friday to 13 years and two months in prison, with a nine-year non-parole period, after guilty pleas that included two counts of culpable driving causing grievous bodily harm.
- Hazell stole a station wagon from a Sutton childcare centre with an eight-year-old still inside, let the child out, then drove erratically into the ACT and struck two St Edmund's College students, aged 14 and 15, before crashing in Manuka.
- Sentencing remarks described the boys’ injuries as truly catastrophic and permanent, with one boy’s wounds life-threatening and requiring hours of surgery and a long hospital stay.
- Body-worn camera video shows Tactical Response officers forcing Hazell to the ground while he was handcuffed, and prosecutors accepted the force was unlawful after an AFP standards probe found the conduct breached policy.
- Hazell has filed a civil claim against the Commonwealth alleging unlawful battery, arguing the government is liable for AFP actions, with a court listing set for July 27.