A disqualified L-plater has been sentenced to 18 months behind bars for trying to flee the scene of a Towradgi car crash then threatening to stab a Good Samaritan who attempted to make a citizen’s arrest.
Subscribe now for unlimited access.
$0/
(min cost $0)
or signup to continue reading
Luke Andrew Frost, 19, already had two disqualified driving charges pending before the court and was responsible for a wild police pursuit two days prior to his unregistered Holden Commodore ploughing into two vehicles in separate crashes within minutes of each other on August 14.
He tried to run from the scene but was chased down by a witness, who pursued him from the Memorial Drive/Towradgi Road intersection to nearby Carr Street.
During the chase, Frost repeatedly told his pursuer “I’ve got a knife, I’ll stab you, you c—t”, before throwing a number of punches at the man, one of which hit him in the side of the head.
Other members of the public came to the man’s aid and detained Frost until police arrived.
He and one of the other crash drivers were taken to hospital with minor injuries.
Meanwhile, documents tendered to Wollongong Local Court during Frost’s sentencing said he had been involved in a pursuit with police two days earlier that became so dangerous officers were forced to terminate it in the interests of public safety.
Officers were patrolling Balgownie Road in a fully marked police vehicle when they spotted Frost behind the wheel and attempted to pull him over for a breath test.
But Frost accelerated away, leading police on a high-speed chase along suburban streets before crossing to the wrong side of the road and running a red light, prompting police to abandon the chase.
Officers spoke to the vehicle’s last registered owner following day, who told police he’d recently sold the car to Frost and revealed the teenager had sent him a text message on the day of the pursuit saying he’d been in a chase with police and was going to “scrap” the car.
Frost was charged with a host of offences stemming from both incidents, to which he pleaded guilty.
He was sentenced to two years jail, with a non-parole period of 18 months, and was disqualified from holding a licence for three years.
Frost has lodged an appeal against the length of the prison term, which is set down for hearing in Wollongong District Court on March 4.
He remains behind bars.