“I’ll murder you”: Man in court for violent M1 road rage attack
A drink driving construction worker who threw a bottle at a woman’s car and threatened to kill her boyfriend on the Pacific Motorway will lose his licence.
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A drink driving construction worker who threw a bottle at a woman’s car and threatened to kill her boyfriend during a violent road rage attack on the Pacific Motorway will lose his licence for six months.
Ngatupuna Vainepoto appeared in Beeleigh Magistrates Court on Friday following a violent road rage attack that brought traffic to a crawl on the Pacific Motorway M1 on May 15.
The court heard the man had been driving southbound in a white Mazda on the M1 near Loganholme when a woman in a yellow Suzuki passed him at about 2pm.
He started following the vehicle very closely from behind, which resulted in the female driver of the Suzuki, whose boyfriend was in the passenger seat, tapping the brakes to indicate to the defendant to leave some space.
Vainepoto then began driving erratically down the M1, following them.
He drove up next to their car and threw a bottle at the vehicle, and yelled at them to pull over.
He then pulled in front of them and stopped his vehicle in the far right-hand lane of the M1, forcing traffic to slow.
The court heard Vainepoto got out of his car and confronted the driver’s boyfriend yelling, “Come on, let’s go!”
He also stated several times, “I’ll murder you!”
Police attended and observed Vainepoto standing over the man, cornering him against the passenger side of the Suzuki about 30cm from his face.
Police could smell alcohol on the defendant’s breath, and he told them he’d had six cans of Great Northern Beer.
He was breath tested and produced a 0.079 per cent breath alcohol reading.
Vainepoto, who represented himself in court, plead guilty to charges of common assault, commit public nuisance and drink driving.
He told the court the pair had been throwing the finger at him, and he got pissed off.
“It’s an honest mistake,” he said.
He was fined $1950 and disqualified from driving for six months.
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