Chloe Julie Williams sentenced in Tweed Heads Local Court
A woman ran into airport grounds while 38-weeks pregnant after a stolen car she was riding in crashed through a fence and into a tower.
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A Tweed Heads woman hid on airport land after running from a stolen car which crashed through a fence and into a tower.
According to court papers, Chloe Julie Williams was a passenger in a stolen black Mercedes when the car was seen speeding on Stacey St in Bankstown at 3am on June 26.
A police chase began as the car turned onto the Hume Highway.
The driver did not stop and police ended the pursuit due to safety concerns.
About 10 minutes later the car crashed through a fence into a tower at the Bankstown Aerodrome.
A piece of timber narrowly missed 21-year-old Williams, who was 38 weeks pregnant at the time.
She ran into the Bankstown Airport, which is Commonwealth land, before jumping a fence and hiding between two factory complexes.
Police later arrested her where she admitted to being the front passenger of the car, which had been stolen from Rockdale between May 31 and June 1.
It came after Williams tested positive for drug driving on Church St in Peakhurst on April 25.
She had meth in her system and was disqualified from driving when stopped.
Williams had also been caught using a mobile phone while driving on Webb St at Riverwood on November 3, 2020.
Williams pleaded guilty in Tweed Heads Local Court on Monday to being carried in a conveyance taken without consent, trespassing on Commonwealth land, driving with an illicit drug present, disqualified driving and using a mobile phone while driving.
Defence lawyer Cassandra Bennett said Williams had been involved with a significantly older man with a significant criminal history and through that relationship became mixed up with using drugs.
She said Williams had left Sydney after her mother passed away to seek support from her aunt in Tweed.
“On reflection she should have known the car was stolen,” Ms Bennett said.
She said her client was now rehabilitating to prevent further offending.
Magistrate Geoff Dunlevy noted the seriousness of Williams’s offending and her lack of positive social connections, however took into account her young age and lack of criminal history.
Williams was convicted and sentenced to a 18 month community correction order with supervision, fined $760 and disqualified from driving for six months.
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