Cory Glanville walks free after drunken burnouts on busy Port Macquarie intersection

Homes along Port Macquarie’s busiest roads often bear witness to late-night tyre screeching and reckless burnouts. One man, who drunkenly committed such an offence, walked free from court this week.

Homes along Port Macquarie’s busiest roads often bear witness to late-night tyre screeching and reckless burnouts.

Cory Glanville, 25, was caught by police committing such an offence while drunk.

In Port Macquarie Local Court this week, he pleaded guilty to driving with mid-range PCA and operating a vehicle so that the wheels undergo a loss of traction.

After midnight on May 20, stationary officers near the roundabout on Lake Rd and Oxley Hwy heard the screeching of tyres.

The sound was coming from Glanville’s Holden Commodore, which donned custom ‘96-CORY’ plates.

According to police, the car was driven around the intersection “without traction of its rear wheels” before it did a “series of circles in the northbound lane of the Oxley Hwy within the roundabout”.

Officers observed “thick smoke pouring from the vehicle” while the burnouts continued for several seconds until the Commodore “collided with the side of the roundabout before exiting it onto Sherwood Rd”.

The burnouts left large black tyre marks over the road and roundabout, and the rear side of the Commodore was damaged.

The area at the time was also filled with smoke from Glanville’s reckless driving and road “visibility was limited”, court documents reveal.

Police followed the car and pulled Glanville over, who immediately handed over his car keys before completing a breath test.

The young driver returned a positive result, blowing 0.145.

The agreed facts reveal that, following further enquiries into the driver’s behaviour and demeanour, police searched the car as they believed drugs may have been present.

They were unable to locate anything of interest, but noticed the boot was still full of smoke when they opened it.

Glanville’s lawyer Steve Jensen spoke of his client’s family commitments and strong work ethic in his defence in court on Wednesday.

The young offender was convicted in Port Macquarie Local Court this week.

“He has two young children, and his partner who works in childcare is here supporting him today,” Mr Jensen said.

“He’s a hard worker, who has been employed in trades since he left school at 15, and is currently working as a concreter.

“I’ve spoken with my client and his partner about this, and they understand there will be a licence suspension period.

“Not having a licence will impact, but not cause an end to, his employment.”

Mr Jensen asked magistrate Georgina Darcy to consider a fine for Glanville’s offences.

She reflected on this information, reminding Glanville that the case had a number of aggravating factors.

“Your reading was at the top end of the mid-range – which cuts off at 1.49 – so you were almost in the high range,” Ms Darcy explained.

“This is your first drink driving matter, but you don’t have an enviable traffic record since you’ve been before the court for a number of matters, including a speeding incident in which you were 45km over the limit just last year.

“It’s a miracle you didn’t injure yourself or others.”

For the drink driving offence Glanville was convicted and sentenced to a supervised Community Correction Order for 12 months, as well as 80 hours of community service.

For the burnout, he was convicted and fined $600.