A policeman charged with harmful driving after topping 200km/h on the Hume Freeway has been cleared in a Victorian courtroom.

Main Senior Constable Bradley Beecroft was initially charged with 4 offences together with reckless conduct endangering life, which carries a most sentence of 10 years in jail, after prosecutors alleged he hit 230km/h on the Hume Freeway close to Euroa in March 2021 on his solution to help an injured colleague.

Prosecutors later withdrew all expenses bar one rely of harmful driving, The Age stories.

He was right this moment discovered not responsible in a Shepparton courtroom, the place Justice of the Peace Victoria Campbell ordered Victoria Police to pay Mr Beecroft’s authorized prices.

“Thanks to the police veterans who lifted me up by the neck and pushed me to the end line, most of whom I’ve by no means met in my life. For his or her assist, I’m grateful,” Mr Beecroft mentioned exterior courtroom, as reported by The Age.

“Thanks to my household and associates exterior of Victoria Police, who made certain my head was as straight because it could possibly be over the past two and a half years. It’s been a really, very tough and distressing time period.

“By advantage of the Declarable Associations, have been remoted by Victoria Police from my former colleagues and associates, and the method has been made all that a lot tougher by the ostracisation.

“Phrases can not very properly clarify the way it has felt to need to undergo this course of, because of my merely doing the job, of doing it properly, and in an try and attend to an injured fellow police member as rapidly and safely as attainable.

“I’m relieved with a simply final result right this moment and that widespread sense has prevailed. This was not solely a win for all serving law enforcement officials, however for all emergency providers staff on the frontline, making an attempt to do the job they’re skilled to do.”

We’ve beforehand reported Mr Beecroft overtook 77 automobiles, and flew by means of a pace digital camera at 207km/h in a 110km/h zone.

It was alleged he averaged 205km/h over his 8.7km journey, earlier than arriving at his injured colleague and rendering help.

Different police additionally exceeded the posted pace restrict on their solution to the scene, however none had been charged.

Mr Beecroft holds a ‘Gold Licence’ with no pace restrict; a qualification designed to equip police with the abilities required for high-speed pursuit driving on the general public highway.