Beau Osborne-Bradley: Man guilty of leading cops on 103km/h chase through Manly’s 30km/h zone
A driver who said he had been using ‘ice’ pleaded guilty to leading police on a wild high-speed, wrong side of the road, pursuit on the northern beaches.
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A driver, who has never had a licence, pleaded guilty to leading police on a wild car chase on the northern beaches that reached more than 70km/h over the speed limit.
Cops ended up drawing their guns to arrest Beau Osborne-Bradley, who was behind the wheel of a Nissan Pulsar that rocketed along North Steyne at Manly at more 103km/h.
The speed limit is 30km/h.
The unemployed 26-year-old from Haymarket, pleaded guilty in Manly Local Court on Wednesday to one count each of police pursuit – not stop – drive dangerously and never licensed person.
He had already been convicted of the offences in his absence when he failed to turn up to court on September 9 and the court issued a warrant for his arrest.
Osborne-Bradley was arrested late last week and appeared in court via a video link.
In a facts sheet tendered to court police said the Nissan, with four men on board, was first spotted in Roger St, Brookvale at 2.55am on August 31.
The police caged van turned on its lights and sirens in an effort to stop the car, but it sped off and turned right into Pittwater Rd, crossing on to the wrong side of the road before the police lost sight of it.
At 3am a patrol car saw the Nissan heading south along Pittwater Rd at Manly. Again police tuned on lights and sirens before the car turned into Eurobin Ave. With police in pursuit the Nissan then turned into Collingwood St on the wrong side of the road before turning right into North Steyne.
Police said the car was then doing 103km/h in a 30km/h zone on the wrong side of the road and bouncing over numerous speed bumps with sparks shooting from its undercarriage.
The car sped through a red light at the corner of North Steyne and The Corso before turning right into Victoria Pde.
Police halted the chase for safety reasons just before the car turned right into East Esplanade.
At 3.05am the Nissan was spotted by police travelling west towards West Esplanade, where the chase began again.
The Nissan was followed along Commonwealth Pde, The Crescent and Margaret St at Fairlight before stopping abruptly in Fairlight St.
Police said all four men ran from the car.
“Police alighted from their vehicle,” the facts sheet said, “and drew their firearms and ordered all four persons to the ground.”
Officers said Osborne-Bradley jump from the driver’s seat.
The facts sheet said he admitted that all four men had been using “ice” in the previous 24 to 48 hours
Osborne-Bradley will ne sentenced on October 28.