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Up to 35 crash victim impact statements due at sentencing of bus driver Brett Andrew Button

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Special court provisions will be needed for the sentencing of Hunter bus crash driver Brett Andrew Button, given the number of victims and families expected to attend.

Three days have been set aside for a sentencing hearing for convicted Hunter bus crash driver Brett Andrew Button.

Button, 59, was at the wheel when the charter bus carrying wedding guests crashed at a roundabout at Greta in June last year, killing 10 people and injuring 25.In the District Court in Newcastle on Thursday, Judge Roy Ellis set a timeline for sentencing proceedings."The best estimates for the length of proceedings, including the reading of victim impact statements is three days," Ms Jeffreys said.

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