Breaking: Police officer avoids jail over Indigenous teenager's collision death

NSW Police officer Benedict Bryant sentenced over death of Indigenous teenager Jai Wright Fri 5 Jun 2026 at 2:06pm A NSW Police officer convicted over a fatal collision that killed an Indigenous teenager has avoided time behind bars. Benedict Bryant was sentenced on Friday to two years' imprisonment, to be served as an intensive corrective order and 500 hours of unpaid community service work. He was also disqualified from driving for three years. Bryant was found guilty of dangerous driving occasioning death in November last year. Legal experts and First Nations advocates said it was the first time a police officer had been convicted in relation to a death in custody of an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person. Jai Kalani Wright, 16, died in hospital after suffering serious head injuries when the motorbike he was riding collided with an unmarked police car in inner Sydney in February 2022. Police said the bike was stolen along with a car, both of which had been spotted by officers nearby before the incident. Loading