Garbage truck driver cleared after running over homeless man in Sydney lane

Ian Juurik, who mistook Mathew Hayne for a pile of blankets, acquitted of negligent driving causing death

A garbage truck driver who ran over an emaciated homeless man sleeping in a Sydney laneway after mistaking him for a pile of blankets has been cleared of negligent driving causing death.

Ian Juurik, 36, had denied the charge in Downing Centre local court after the incident on Bourke Lane in Redfern during the morning bin run on 21 May 2018.

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