Porsche Pusey has gone soft in prison

THE speeding Porsche driver who allegedly filmed a policewoman as she lay dying in the Eastern Freeway tragedy has lost all bravado in prison.

Foul-mouthed multimillionaire Richard Pusey was all fight when he entered custody in April.

But since losing his bid for freedom, he has become a meek “cell-dweller” no longer up for conflict.

His jailhouse transformation has been revealed by prison sources who believe the reality of his actions have finally caught up with him.

“He knows the more he plays up, the harder his jail time will be,” a prison source said.

The 41-year-old mortgage broker was hard to manage the moment he entered protective custody at Melbourne Assessment Prison.

Insiders said he would call police and prison officers “dogs” and spent his time compiling a “dossier” about his treatment in custody and why he should be freed on bail.

His hopes were dashed last month when a court ruled his release would pose an unacceptable risk to the community. Since then he has gone quiet, barely leaving his cell or speaking to those near him.

“He does not mix or talk to anyone,” the prison source said.

Pusey has a lot of enemies and was renowned for his dealings with construction and local government figures.

In one of his worst exchanges he yelled “I hope you f---ing die” to the cancerstricken wife of a tradesman in a dispute over money.

Few have shown support for Pusey, whose parents have even abandoned him and were “disgusted” by his actions in the freeway tragedy, where he allegedly taunted the dying officers. Pusey will next appear in court on July 16.