BREAKING | Jury finds Bourke Street driver guilty of murder
James Gargasoulas has been found guilty of all charges relating to the fatal 2017 Bourke Street rampage.
The 28-year-old pleaded not guilty over the 2017 incident, which saw him drive a maroon Holden Commodore into pedestrians in Melbourne’s CBD, killing 6 innocent people and injuring 27 others.
During his trial in Victoria’s Supreme Court on Monday, Gargasoulas apologised for his actions.
“I apologise from my heart but that’s not going to fix anything … neither will a lengthy sentence fix what I done,” he told the jury.
A short time ago, a jury revealed they had found Gargasoulas guilty of six charges of murder and 27 charges of reckless conduct endangering life.
It took the Supreme Court jury of seven women and five men just under an hour to reach their decision, with the trial lasting less than a week.
A plea hearing will be held in January next year.
BREAKING GARGASOULAS: A jury has unanimously found James Gargasoulas GUILTY on ALL charges. 27 reckless conduct endangering life and 6 counts of murder. @7NewsMelbourne pic.twitter.com/IuXIKWdu3q
— Sharnelle Vella (@SharnelleVella) November 13, 2018
GUILTY: evil killer James Gargasoulas found guilty of all charges over Bourke St massacre.
Six murder counts and 27 reckless conduct endangering life. He had no defence, but cruelly took the case to trial. The jury took less than 60 mins to reach verdict. @theheraldsun pic.twitter.com/d8yKdsdOEF
— Shannon Deery (@s_deery) November 13, 2018
