Brett Button – the driver of a bus that crashed in the Hunter Valley last year, killing 10 people and injuring 25 others – has been handed a 32-year prison sentence with a non-parole period of 24 years. Newcastle District Court Judge Roy Ellis said the 59yo, who pleaded guilty to 10 counts of dangerous driving causing death amongst other charges, had engaged in risky behaviour the night of the crash before the bus flipped onto its side and hit a guard rail at a roundabout. Button yesterday apologised to the families of the victims – all of whom were travelling home from a wedding. Some of their loved ones cried and hugged in court after the sentencing – but others are still questioning the plea deal that allowed Button’s charges to be downgraded from manslaughter.