Anne-Marie Lafaele sentenced for role in taking stolen car on late night police chase in Springfield
A teenage girl has faced court for her role in a stolen car leading police on a wild chase which ended when officers rammed the car off the road.
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A teenage girl has faced court for her role in a wild, late night police chase which ended after a stolen car was rammed onto an embankment.
Anne-Marie Lafaele, 18, was in the back passenger seat of the stolen Mitsubishi Lancer which evaded police during a chase through Springfield.
Lafaele pleaded guilty on Wednesday in Ipswich Magistrates Court to one charge of unlawful use of a motor vehicle.
The owner of the stolen car received a call from police at 2am on October 13, reporting his car had been involved in a pursuit.
It was discovered that the car, which the man had put in for a service, had been stolen from the mechanic business which had been broken into.
The court heard Lafaele was not involved in stealing the car but was picked up by a group of people at a park later on, and got in the car knowing it was stolen.
Lafaele told police she had known the other people for only a week.
Members of the public reported the car to police after it was involved in a crash and was stopped on the road with a damaged wheel.
Police found the car on Lakeside Avenue and deployed a tyre deflation device which damaged all four tyres, however the driver took off.
Three police cars with lights and sirens pursued the stolen car and observed the back passenger door being open and closed by Lafaele several times as the car continued to speed away.
The car continued to evade police while driving on the rims of all four tyres.
It wasn’t until police managed to catch up and ram the car to an embankment on the side of the road that the chase came to an end.
Duty lawyer Ashley Ulyatt said Lafaele had no criminal history and had been cooperative with police.
She said Lafaele no longer associated with the group of people in the stolen car.
Lafaele was placed on a $500 good behaviour bond for six months.
No conviction was recorded.
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