Logan man Mitchell Cameron jailed for 13 offences

A motorcycle rider was clipped by a vehicle while attempting to outrun police. He has been told he was lucky not to have suffered far worse consequences despite facing five months behind bars.

A Logan man with a lengthy criminal history has been placed into custody after pleading guilty to 13 charges and coming close to seriously injuring himself while evading police.

Mitchell Cameron, 23, of Logan Village, faced Beaudesert Magistrates Court this Tuesday where he was sentenced for driving an uninsured and unregistered motorcycle, which he crashed at Logan Village, before then trying to flee the scene on foot.

Cameron pleaded guilty to 13 offences and was sentenced to imprisonment.

The court heard Cameron was riding the motorcycle while already on two suspended sentences and while disqualified from driving at Logan Village on June 25 this year when police turned on their sirens and attempted to pull him over.

Mitchell Cameron, of Logan Village, faced Beaudesert Magistrates Court on Tuesday. Picture: Facebook.

Instead he drove between a car and the edge of the road, the other car attempted to pull over after seeing the flashing police lights, and clipped the offender’s motorcycle.

Magistrate Tracy Mossop told the court he was lucky he didn’t end up seriously injured or dead.

“They didn’t know you were there. They’ve hit you, you’ve come off,” she said.

“You tried to restart your motorcycle. That failed. You then took off on foot.”

Cameron was unable to out-run police and now has an evasion charge, carrying a mandated 50 days of imprisonment.

In Cameron’s backpack police found a knife, drugs, and drug utensils.

Cameron was also before the court charged with another matter Quest cannot legally report on, while already on a suspended sentence.

Police Prosecutor Senior Constable Danielle Hill told the court Cameron had also finalised drug and traffic offences on March 31 at Beaudesert Magistrates Court this year.

“The charges finalised at that time included a possessed drugs, possessed utensils, two disqualified drives, and two registration offences,” Senior Constable Hill said.

A character reference from Cameron’s construction employer was also tendered at court.

Ms Mossop described Cameron as a young person who has made quite a few stupid decisions.

“The character reference says some good things about you,” she told the court.

“Apparently you’ve got a great personality … but you make poor decisions while under emotional stress.

Mitchell Cameron, of Logan Village, outside Beaudesert Magistrates Court. Picture: Madeline Grace.

“When you’re young life is actually a lot easier than when you get older. So if you can’t cope and make the right decisions at the moment, god help you when you get older like your parents and have children who then cause you the worry you’ve caused them.

“Life is not stressful for you. The stresses that you cause your family are stressful.

“You are a young offender but you have consistently committed offences while you have been the subject of orders, including orders of suspended imprisonment.”

Ms Mossop said Cameron’s continuous offending all started back in 2017.

“When I go back through your history this all started with driving with a relevant drug where you were disqualified for three months and you couldn’t comply with the court order,” she told the court.

“Sometimes bad things happen for a good reason.

“This is going to be a turning point for you. It’s going to be ugly for a little bit longer but then you’re going to realise life is more than just doing stupid stuff.

“It’s a make or break you moment and quite frankly you needed this to make you. Because otherwise you were on a destructive path.

“But the legislation is very clear that when you evade police it’s either a massive fine or 50 days of imprisonment. Sadly for you your evasion comes with your fifth disqualified drive for the short period of time of less than four years.”

Cameron was charged for all 13 offences and sentenced to imprisonment, with his parole date set on the 50 day mark.

“The sentence I give you today is designed to deter you from committing any future offences and to protect the community at large which are at danger when you commit these sort of offences,” Ms Mossop told the court.

For committing various offences while on a suspended sentence Cameron was sentenced to imprisonment for five months.

Ms Mossop instructed that these would be all served concurrently, with his parole date set on the fiftieth day.

Cameron was also disqualified from driving for two years from the court date.

“Go and do your time in jail, get out, and then start working with the gentleman who wrote your character reference because that’s going to be your best chance of rehabilitation,” Ms Mossop said.

“Focus on the good part of you and think about your family when you make decisions.

“All it takes is for you to pause for one or two seconds and to think about the consequences of your behaviour and the consequences to your family.”