Wanted man sent back to jail after allegedly attempting to run over police officer

Just a few weeks after a magistrate gave him the benefit of immediate parole, a cancer-suffering man allegedly drove at police sparking a manhunt.

A 28-year-old Toowoomba man with more than 11 pages of criminal history has been sent back to jail after he allegedly attempted to run over a police officer.

Aaron Trent Bidgood was before the Toowoomba Magistrates Court on June 6 where he pleaded guilty to a string of offences including possession of a shortened category A firearm, a category R silencer, ammunition, a flick knife, some clip seals bags and a syringe, and leading police on a pursuit through the city.

Aaron Trent Bidgood.

At time he was sentenced to three years in jail but was given immediate parole after the magistrate took into account the 54 days he had served in presentence custody and that he was suffering from cancer.

Police alleged that Bidgood had returned to offending soon after his release and had amassed about 19 charges.

Toowoomba Detective Senior Sergeant Paul McCusker said the charges included stealing, receiving tainted property, obstructing police, assaulting police, unlawful use of a motor vehicle, failing to stop and acts intended to avoid lawful arrest.

Police alleged that officers went to a Toowoomba address on June 23 to arrest Mr Bidgood when he intentionally drove at an officer and hit them in the leg before fleeing the scene.

About the same time, the Department of Corrections cancelled his parole and he was arrested on a return to prison warrant on Monday evening.

Mr Bidgood’s matters were briefly mentioned in the Toowoomba Magistrates Court on Tuesday where they were adjourned to August 8.

He was remanded in custody with no application for bail.