Queensland police officer Peter McAulay’s assailant sentenced on fresh matter

The teenager who used a stolen car to mow down junior Queensland police officer Peter McAulay has been sentenced for driving a stolen vehicle just weeks after he was released from jail.

THE teenager who used a stolen car to mow down junior Queensland police officer Peter McAulay, leaving him seriously injured on the roadside, has been sentenced for driving a stolen vehicle just weeks after he was released from jail.

The teen, now aged 18, cannot be identified as he was a juvenile when he ran Constable McAulay down just west of Brisbane in September 2018.

Peter McAulay suffered serious injuries in the incident.

He spent two and a half years behind bars for running down Constable McAulay who was attempting to deploy road spikes in Booval, Ipswich.

Weeks after being released the teen was charged with one count each of unlawful use of a motor vehicle, obstruct police officer, unlawful possession of a weapon, driving without displaying L plates and failing to hold an appropriate learner’s driving licence.

He faced Brisbane Magistrates Court today where he was sentenced to four months jail wholly suspended for unlawful use of a motor vehicle.

He was convicted but not further punished for the other offences.