Wyong: P-plater Ali Afshariyan busted delivering for Menulog after police pursuit
A P-plater has been caught delivering Maccas meals for Menulog a month after leading police on an “horrendous” pursuit, reaching speeds of up to 150km/h.
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An 18-year-old red P-plater will be catching the bus and ordering his own delivery after being picked up driving while suspended following a wild pursuit on the M1 motorway.
Ali Ngawiki Afshariyan represented himself at Wyong Local Court on Monday where he pleaded guilty to failing to stop during a police pursuit and driving while suspended.
Two further charges of speeding more than 45km/h and 20km/h over the limit were withdrawn and dismissed.
The court heard police were patrolling the M1 motorway at Somersby shortly after midnight on January 4 when they detected a blue Toyota Hilux utility on radar travelling north at 116km/h.
As it passed police they noticed a red P-plate attached to the back of the vehicle and clocked it travelling 122km/h. Red P-plate drivers are restricted to 90km/h.
Police caught up to the driver at Ourimbah where they clocked him travelling between 140km/h and 160km/h before he slowed to 110km/h as he passed the fixed speed camera.
Police activated their lights and sirens to pull the vehicle over but it sped up to 150km/h.
“The accused has braked without warning and swerved left to take the Ourimbah exit off the M1,” the facts state.
Afshariyan turned onto the Pacific Highway where he overtook a car on the wrong side of the road through Kangy Angy before turning onto Old Tuggerah Rd and then Old Maitland Rd.
“The accused travelled 80km/h in the 50km/h zone, at times causing his vehicle to straddle the unbroken separation lines, with part of his vehicle in the oncoming traffic lane,” the facts state.
“Due to the very poor condition of the road, police were unable to continue the pursuit and terminated.”
Police attended Afshariyan’s Wyong address where he lived with his girlfriend. Her parents told officers he was out in the vehicle with their daughter before calling him and asked him to attend Wyong Police Station.
He arrived at the station about 1.30am where he identified himself as the driver and his girlfriend as the passenger during the pursuit but “did not wish to offer an explanation for his manner of driving”.
His licence was suspended on the spot.
“The speed of the accused driving, his overtaking of another vehicle on double-centre lines, and not keeping left of double centre lines posed a real and potential danger to the public and his passenger,” the facts state.
A month later on February 9 Tuggerah Lakes Proactive Crime Team officers were patrolling Lake Haven Shopping Centre when they noticed a blue Toyota Hilux drive over a roundabout as it left the car park.
About 10 minutes later the blue Hilux returned to the McDonald’s car park and “gave way to plain clothes police officers on a pedestrian crossing”.
“The motor vehicle was stopped in the car park and the accused got out of the driver’s seat and collected an orange Menulog bag from behind the driver’s seat,” the facts state.
Afshariyan initially denied being the driver but police saw his phone was still in the vehicle with the `Menulog’ app open on the screen.
Magistrate Elizabeth Ellis told Afshariyan he was lucky he didn’t kill anyone.
“Such horrendous driving,” she said.
Magistrate Ellis disqualified him from driving for a total of three years and six months and fined him $2000.
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