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Man appeals jail term over fatal crash

July 21, 2025

A disqualified driver who hit and killed a motorbike rider at Lake Macquarie, has made a bid to be released from prison early.

Benjamin Koosmen was jailed for at least 10 years for manslaughter over the 2022 crash… his barrister, today arguing the sentence was excessive.

Man appeals jail term over fatal crash
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Tyson Cottrill is a senior reporter and newsreader for Nine NBN News, based in Newcastle. As the Chief Court Reporter, Tyson has covered some of the biggest court cases from across the Hunter and northern New South Wales. Tyson started with the Nine Network in 2007 and has worked in newsrooms in Sydney, the Gold Coast, and Brisbane. A proud Novocastrian, Tyson has spent the majority of his journalism career reporting on the stories that matter in his hometown. Tyson has a Bachelor of Communications from Charles Sturt University.

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