Queensland driver held without bail after high-speed Sydney chase
A 38-year-old Queensland driver was denied bail after leading police on a high-speed chase through Sydney's east.
The man allegedly refused a breath test on Anzac Parade on Saturday evening and accelerated away in a hatchback. Police say he reached speeds of more than 100km/h in residential 50-zones, drove on the wrong side of the road, and steered onto The Coast Golf Club in Malabar to escape.
Christopher Perry fled on foot and tried to hide in a family's yard before a second police vehicle arrived. A woman in a white car picked him up; the pair then drove dangerously back onto Anzac Parade.
The chase ended on Soul Arch Ave when they were cornered and the driver allegedly reversed into a police car. Perry faces five charges including dangerous driving.
His passenger, Sanara Rogers, 45, faces one count of resisting police.
- 38 years old from Queensland
- Driver age
- Over 100km/h in 50km/h residential areas
- Speed in zone
- Sanara Rogers, 45, resisting police charge
- Passenger
Why it mattersDangerous driving at high speed through residential streets during Halloween created serious risk of harm. The bail refusal reflects the court's assessment of how serious the offences were.
AustraliaNew South Wales courts are treating high-speed pursuits through populated areas as serious enough to warrant holding drivers in custody pending trial.
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