Monkey bike death: Caleb Jakobsson thumbed nose at law after killing mum Andrea Lehane
CALEB Jakobsson thumbed his nose at the law time and time again while on bail after killing mum Andrea Lehane in Carrum Downs. Now the full extent of his defiance can be revealed.
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A SELF-confessed teen “f--- up” who killed a young mum in a senseless hit-run spent more than a year running riot across the state and thumbing his nose at the law.
Police vehemently opposed Caleb Jakobsson’s release on bail after he hit and killed Andrea Lehane with his monkey bike at Carrum Downs on September 23, 2015.
They flagged concerns his offending, including leaving her to die, was evidence he had no regard for the law and if let loose into the community would continue to offend.
They were right.
The full extent of Jakobsson’s defiance against authorities can today be revealed for the first time after a court-imposed gag order was lifted.
In his time on bail Jakobsson was filmed drinking and driving, admitted breaching his curfew and allegedly used ice and was caught doing “wheelies” on a motorbike.
Days after being bailed over the death Jakobsson started breaching bail, but was cut loose.
When he breached again, he was given another chance.
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Less than a week after Ms Lehane’s death Jakobsson was arrested, admitted to police he had mowed her down, and was held on remand in custody after a magistrate refused bail.
The then 18-year-old was held in protection after being bashed and after almost a month behind bars successfully applied for bail in the Supreme Court.
Granting bail Justice Phillip Priest said he knew it carried some risk.
“As has been observed many times before, any grant of bail must carry some risk. (The Bail Act) contemplates, however, that there are some risks which are acceptable; and that, in some cases, what might at first be thought to be an unacceptable risk may be rendered acceptable by, for example, the imposition of strict conditions of bail.”
But the strictest of bail conditions did little to keep Jakobsson under control.
The fear of returning to prison, where he had cried and complained about the conditions, was not enough to curb his ways.
He was arrested hiding in bushes in April last year, after police alleged he had breached bail strict conditions and a curfew on at least eight occasions.
But he was bailed again, on another promise to behave.
When he returned to court a month later police tried to revoke his bail, alleging again he had admitted breaching bail.
The breaches included drinking alcohol and driving a car in a flagrant breach that was caught on camera.
He was bailed again.
Jakobsson’s luck finally ran out last month when he was thrown back behind bars after being picked up amid allegations he had been performing “wheelies” on a motorbike.
He admitted he was a “f--- up” after he was charged with using a motorbike, possessing and using ice and handling stolen goods.
Last week he pleaded guilty to culpable driving causing death and failing to stop at the scene over Ms Lehane’s death.
He will return to court later this month on unrelated charges.
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