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Trent Anthony Borchert sentenced in Ipswich Magistrates Court for wild police chase across Brisbane

An Ipswich man was clocked doing 120km/h in a 60 zone while towing a stolen motorbike and driving on the wrong side of the road to evade police.

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A court has heard an Ipswich plumber had been “doing fairly well” in life up until a wild two-week crime spree.

Trent Anthony Borchert, 30, broke into a warehouse and caused $10,000 damage before stealing a motorbike and leading police on a wild pursuit, Ipswich Magistrates Court heard on
Friday.

The saga began when police were alerted to a motorcycle theft in Paddington, in Brisbane’s inner-west on February 22.

Witness saw two men, one of them Borchert, load the bike onto a trailer and take off, the court heard.

Police patrolled the area and at 12.20am saw the suspect vehicle and trailer and attempted to intercept Borchert.

The court heard the car sped off through the CBD and towards the Centenary Mwy, where more police deployed a deflation device on the trailer.

The car kept going, heading towards the Western Fwy where police again deployed the deflation device.

At 1.05am the car’s headlights were turned off and it accelerated, travelling on the wrong side of the road to evade police.

The car crossed a double white line off Ripley Rd and sped up, reaching about 120km/h in a 60km/h zone, the court heard.

A member of the public reported a motorbike had fallen off the back of a trailer, which was parked in a street in Flinders View, and police then found Borchert.

Eleven days earlier, Borchert had been caught red-handed after breaking into a warehouse to steal copper wire, the court heard.

Trent Anthony Borchert leaves Ipswich Magistrates Court on Friday.
Trent Anthony Borchert leaves Ipswich Magistrates Court on Friday.

Security monitoring the site’s CCTV alerted police that a man had broken in about 8am, and officers arrived to find the gate’s lock was cut and a car was parked near a warehouse.

Borchert emerged from the warehouse’s roller door with an arm full of copper wire and was stopped by police, who found more copper wire piled into his car.

Borchert used an electric saw and his hands to tear down the copper wire from the warehouse causing an estimated $10,000 in damage, the court heard.

He told police he broke into a gate but the roller door was left open at the bottom when he arrived, and that he was planning on selling the copper wire.

Borchert, who was supported in court by his father and stepmother, pleaded guilty to evasion, stealing a vehicle, dangerous operation of a vehicle, enter premises and commit an indictable offence and failure to provide a breath or blood specimen.

Defence lawyer Scott Neaves said Borchert had “been doing fairly well in life” until the time of the offending in February.

He said a week after the last offence Borchert was diagnosed with anxiety and depression and had been seeking treatment since.

Borchert was given a head sentence of 15 months in prison wholly suspended for two years, and was disqualified from driving for two years and six months.

He was fined the mandatory amount of $6672.50 for the evasion offence.

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