A second man charged over a deadly alleged street race has been granted bail despite having a driving record dotted with speeding offences.
Adam Yurun, 24, appeared in Bankstown Local Court on Thursday afternoon after turning himself in on Wednesday.
He was allegedly driving a silver Audi A4 that was racing another man in a Subaru Impreza when the second car veered out of control and crashed into a tree, killing two children and injuring another at Monterey in Sydney's south in August.
The Subaru driver, 33-year-old Jimmy Martin Brito, was charged with two counts of aggravated driving causing death and remains in custody.
Police allege the Subaru was travelling at more than 45km/h over the local speed limit of 60km/h in the lead-up to the crash.
Investigators had also been seeking information about a silver sedan spotted leaving the scene.
On Wednesday, a silver Audi A4 police allege Yurun was driving in a street race with the Subaru was seized from his father's house at Roselands.
Yurun was later charged with two counts of aggravated dangerous driving occasioning death, organising a race between vehicles and two counts of failing to stop and render assistance after an impact causing death.
Lawyer Fadi Abbas told the court his client's surrender to police was quickly facilitated and he should be released.
Yurun had a poor driving record but no criminal history, the court heard.
While he was likely to face a prison term if found guilty, he had not been convicted and should not be held in custody while the legal proceedings were ongoing, Mr Abbas said.
"He's at risk from some serious hardened criminals over the next 12-16 months," he said.
Magistrate Glenn Walsh noted it was Yurun's first time in custody, which was "not an experience he would enjoy".
The 24-year-old watched the proceedings via an audio-visual link with a soundtrack of yelling from outside the room where he was being held.
Prosecutors noted Yurun recorded his first traffic offence a month after getting his provisional licence in 2016 and had been suspended for speeding five times in five years.
The prosecution case was "very strong" and Yurun likely faced a significant custodial sentence if he was convicted, the magistrate said.
However, he granted Yurun bail in the interim.
"(This) is not a court of either some concept of preventative or anticipatory revenge or imprisonment," he said.
Mr Walsh noted the prosecution bore the onus of demonstrating Yurun would likely not comply with bail conditions.
"They have not convinced me of that," he said.
Yurun is banned from sitting in the driver's seat of any motor vehicle among other bail conditions, including that he surrender his passport and not apply for a new one.
His father handed Yurun's passport to Mr Abbas from the public gallery and it will be handed to police before the release.
Yurun returns to court on November 30.
