The 33-year-old man involved in a road and air police pursuit from Green Point to Forresters Beach earlier this month will face court in March on charges related to 10 driving offences.
Police charged the man after he was released from Gosford Hospital where he was under police guard while being treated for minor injuries believed to be sustained when he hit a Police vehicle at Forresters Beach and the car he was driving flipped.
The man, from the Sydney suburb of Cherrybrook, was refused bail when he appeared in court last week and is due to face Gosford Local Court again on March 24.
He has been charged on two counts of contravene prohibition/restriction in AVO (Domestic); common assault; take/detain person with intent to obtain advantage; drive conveyance taken without consent of owner; drive while licence cancelled; Police pursuit – not stop – drive dangerously; not give particulars to other driver; use offensive weapon to prevent lawful detention; and hinder or resist police officer in the execution of duty.
On Saturday, January 21 a woman reported to Brisbane Water Police that she’d been held against her will by a man who then stole her SUV.
Acting on information provided, police saw the vehicle on James Sea Dr at Green Point, and a pursuit was initiated when the driver allegedly failed to stop as directed.
Police followed the vehicle and it is alleged the man reached speeds of up to 120km/h in a 60km/h zone and a short time later struck a ute on Terrigal Dr, Erina
PolAir tracked the vehicle to Forresters Beach where the pursuit ended when the SUV hit a police vehicle and rolled on to its side.
Source:
NSW Police