Ethan Mark Smith pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, unlawful use of a vehicle

A home invader who terrorised a young mother by smashing his way into her home has now been sentenced for driving at and colliding with a police vehicle.

Ethan Mark Smith, 25, pleaded guilty to 28 charges in Maryborough Magistrates Court on Friday.

A home invader who terrorised a mum by smashing his way into her home has faced court in Maryborough, pleading guilty to 28 charges, including an incident where he drove at and collided with a police vehicle.

Ethan Mark Smith, 25, pleaded guilty to the offences, including dangerous driving, unlawful use of a vehicle, fraud, stealing and evasion, when he faced Maryborough Magistrates Court on Friday.

The court was told Smith had been sentenced in Maryborough District Court earlier this year for burglary while armed and in company, burglary and wilful damage.

When he was sentenced for that matter in June, Smith was told by Judge Ian Dearden he had “behaved like a monster” at the time of the offence.

The court was told that there had been an exchange between the victim and Smith outside her apartment where she had told him to leave the gated community where she lived.

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Instead he followed her to her unit, where she had locked the door.

He pulled the screen door off its hinges, then tried to barge his way through the front door.

When he couldn’t, he broke into the home by smashing a window, grabbing the woman’s car keys and using her Holden Commodore to crash through the gate and leave the unit complex.

At the time, Smith was sentenced to four and a half years in prison, with 103 days already spent in custody declared as time served.

A parole eligibility date was set for May 9, 2024.

Ethan Mark Smith, 25, pleaded guilty to robbery while armed and in company, robbery and wilful damage when he faced Maryborough District Court on Wednesday.

In relation to the offences before the court on Friday, the court heard the incident of dangerous driving happened on February 20, 2023, at Gladstone Central at Lord St.

Duty lawyer Morgan Harris said Smith was not in a “reasonable” head space at the time.

Smith had started using ice and meth heavily after having to attend a double fatal car crash on the Bruce Highway in his capacity as a rural fire volunteer, Mr Harris said.

Magistrate John Milburn said the offending behaviour was extensive and “somewhat varied”.

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“You committed fraud, unlawful use of a motor vehicle, enter premises by break, receiving tainted property, wilful damage, stealing, possession of suspected stolen property, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle where you drove directly at and collided with a police car, an evasion offence where you were required to stop driving a vehicle and failed to do so in circumstances where a reasonable person would have done so and other offences of fraud, unlicensed driving, breaching bail conditions and failing to stop at a line while driving in circumstances where you were not licensed,” Mr Milburn said.

“It was at best described as a crime spree.”

Mr Milburn considered the jail sentence Smith received for the home invasion when handing down his sentence.

Smith had served 210 days in pre-sentenced custody.

He was ordered to spend 50 days behind bars for the evasion offence, which was declared as having been served.

Smith was disqualified from driving for two and a half years.

The other offences were convicted but not further punished and his parole eligibility date remained unchanged.

Convictions were recorded for all matters.