New details emerge about Perth doctor accused of killing woman in crash
A doctor who allegedly killed a young woman and seriously injured her Uber driver is facing fresh charges following the fatal crash.
Perth obstetrician Rhys Bellinge, 45, allegedly drove his Jaguar at high speed while he was almost four times over the blood alcohol limit before crashing into an Uber on Birdwood Parade in Dalkeith on February 15.
Elizabeth Pearce, 24, was killed and Mohammad Usman, 25, was badly injured in the crash.
Your local paper, whenever you want it. Perth doctor Rhys Bellinge was allegedly behind the wheel of a Jaguar that crashed into a Honda Jazz on Birdwood Parade in Dalkeith killing 25-year old woman Elizabeth Pearce and seriously injuring her 25-year old Uber Mohammad Usman on February 15. ABC News Credit: ABC
Police allege Bellinge was speeding at 130km/h with a blood-alcohol level of 0.183.
Bellinge was denied bail at a bedside hearing charged with manslaughter, dangerous driving causing grievous bodily harm, dangerous driving and speeding.
Major Crash Investigation officers have now hit the 45-year-old with fresh charges over allegations he drove at speed through Perth's western suburbs six days before the fatal crash.
It is alleged Bellinge travelled 45km per hour over the speed limit three timesin Subiaco, Nedlands and Dalkeith, as well as drove on the wrong side of the road in Kings Park between 8pm and 8.30pm on February 9.
He will face three counts of reckless driving and one count of dangerous driving in the Perth Magistrates Court on June 5.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
ABC News
8 hours ago
- ABC News
Injustice ignored
Now to sad news in the Top End. SAMANTHA DICK: A family's heartache over the death in custody of a young Warlpiri man from Yuendumu now referred to as Kumanjayi White. NED HARGRAVES: Hear us, this cannot keep going - ABC News NT, 30 May 2025 Two weeks ago a 24-year-old intellectually disabled Aboriginal man died after being restrained by plain-clothes police in an Alice Springs supermarket. His awful death was the top story on the ABC's local news that night: OLIVANA LATHOURIS: … NT Police are investigating, with the Coles supermarket tonight shut to customers and declared a crime scene … - ABC News NT, 27 May 2025 It remains unclear as to what exactly occurred. Witnesses told The NT News a police officer had placed his 'knee behind the man's head' even as his friends called out a warning that he had a disability. The family have demanded the footage of the incident be released while police claim Kumanjayi White had assaulted a security guard who'd caught him caching items in his clothing. TRAVIS WURST: … the male behaved rather aggressively and was placed onto the ground by those police officers. He was later identified as losing consciousness … - ABC News NT, 27 May 2025 Kumanjayi White died 70 minutes later. Across Australia… there had already been 12 Indigenous deaths in custody in just the first five months of this year which is why the ABC has been absolutely right to give this story full-throated coverage, with developments in the case leading the Darwin news night after night as a family mourned and calls for an inquiry gathered pace: MALARNDIRRI McCARTHY: … an independent investigation may be warranted … - ABC News NT, 29 May 2025 KYLE DOWLING: Member for Lingiari Marion Scrymgour also joined those calls today calling for Federal police officers to conduct the investigation … - ABC News NT, 4 June 2025 Meanwhile the despairing and the outraged joined rallies that moved from the top end to capital cities around the country. The ABC took the issue national, featuring it on its breakfast news program and both SBS and Sky News also recognised this story's importance including in its echoes of another death in custody. MATT CUNNINGHAM: … the man who was killed last week, or who died last week, is from Yuendumu, the same community where Kumanjayi Walker was shot dead in 2019 … - NewsDay, Sky News Australia, 2 June 2025 But the millions of Australians who rely on free-to-air commercial TV for their breakfast news and primetime evening bulletins have been left in the dark with not a whisper we could find of Kumanjayi White's brutal passing not on Sunrise not on Today and not on any of the main evening bulletins broadcast by all three commercial networks including Seven News in Melbourne and Ten News in Melbourne. And why have we singled out Victoria's capital? Because all last week both Seven and Ten beamed their Melbourne news into the Northern Territory having pulled the plug on their Darwin bulletin and Darwin bureaux years ago. Channel Nine which extinguished its Darwin bulletin only five months ago also missed the story even though it promised in February that it would: … retain a reporter and camera operator on the ground to tell the Territory's stories to a national audience. - Email, Nine spokesperson, 3 February 2025 Now it seems Nine is struggling to fulfil even this meagre commitment because we've confirmed its last staff reporter in the Territory has left and not been replaced. A spokesperson for Nine told us: Nine remains committed to finding a viable long-term solution for a news presence in the Northern Territory. As we evolve our business to reflect the commercial realities of newsgathering, we are working through resourcing and hope to have a resolution soon … - Email, Nine spokesperson, 9 June 2025 But might there be some positive news on the commercial television front? Because last month Seven announced it was acquiring TV licences from Southern Cross Media across a sweep of regional Australia including for South Australia far western NSW and yes for Darwin. Although it might also be worth noting that Seven West Media's press announcement contained no mention of any ambition to open new bureaux or tell more local stories. Instead, its focus was on: '… our valued advertising partners and media buyers will be able to seamlessly reach and target these new and attractive audiences …' - Seven West Media Press Release, 6 May 2025 How very heartening. Over the weekend and after we sent questions to the commercial networks, Seven and Ten developed an interest in Kumanjayi White's death with both networks publishing stories about his passing, the protests it prompted and about yet another Indigenous death in custody again in the NT recorded just 48 hours ago. On this program we examine poor journalism and lazy journalism but for the very many in the NT who rely on free-to-air commercial news the picture is even more troubling because they're getting very little journalism altogether not even about our most abiding national shame.
7NEWS
18 hours ago
- 7NEWS
Uber driver allegedly robbed at knifepoint by customer outside Canberra strip club
Police are looking for a knife-wielding passenger following the armed robbery of an Uber driver last week. The man reportedly got into the rideshare car which was parked outside strip club Wanderlust in Mitchell, one of the two Canberra areas where brothels are allowed to operate in the ACT, at about 12.20am last Monday. He approached the car and asked if the driver would do a cash job — offering a fake ID to the driver to guarantee his trip, police said. But once inside, it was the passenger who demanded cash from the driver. Sitting in the passenger seat, he allegedly pulled out a knife and ordered the driver to take him to withdraw cash from an ATM in Watson, an eight-minute drive south. They arrived at a block of shops, where the alleged armed robber demanded the driver's phone, car keys and bank card before withdrawing a sum of money. The alleged offender is described as a Caucasian man with a slim build. Police are seeking information from anyone who saw the man and the Uber driver in Mitchell, or at the shops in Watson after 12.20am on June 2. Investigations are ongoing.
ABC News
19 hours ago
- ABC News
More than 5,000 people caught drink driving in Queensland so far this year
Queensland police are catching an average of more than 40 people a day drink driving, as the state continues to ramp up its random breath testing regime following a pause during the COVID-19 pandemic. Chief Superintendent Garrath Channells from the road policing command said there had been 5,233 drink driving offences to the beginning of April this year. "About 40 Queenslanders have been detected for various drink driving matters everyday on our roads," he told ABC Radio Brisbane. "They place themselves in a situation and more importantly, they are putting others on the road at risk." Police have undertaken more than 740,000 breath tests across the state since January 1, and are on track to conduct more than 2 million tests in a year for the first time since the pandemic. Despite increased testing every year since 2020, the amount of people being caught drink driving has been in decline. In 2022, just over 17,059 drink drivers were detected by police. In 2023, that number was 15,860, and in 2024 it was 15,364. Drivers with a blood alcohol level between 0.05 and 0.10 were the most commonly detected each of those years. Detective Superintendent Channells said people "intending to have a few" should always organise a way home that doesn't involve driving. "Either have a designated driver who is safe to get you and your friends home or have an alternate plan," he said.
