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8th May 2004, 23:24
A motorcyclist who raced through the Sydney Harbour tunnel at speeds of up to 212kph for a "mad adrenalin rush" was today sentenced to six months' periodic detention.
Paul Jason Myers, 31, had pleaded guilty to 12 charges in Hornsby Local Court, including driving at dangerous speeds and failing to obey a police direction to stop.
The court heard Myers was detected speeding through the tunnel four times between January 23 and February 6 this year at speeds ranging from 159kph to 212kph.
Myers had an obscured number plate to escape apprehension.
On February 16, he evaded police officers from Operation Knievel, set up to catch him, leading them on a chase along the Gore Hill Freeway at speeds of up to 220kph.
But he was later tracked down and arrested by police. Myers' lawyer, Ken Stewart, told the court his client had been devastated by the death of a friend and perhaps "that mad adrenalin rush ... acts as an opiate for that pain in his mind".
But Magistrate Maxwell Taylor said the offences were in the most serious category and Myers posed both a danger to himself and the community.
He sentenced Myers to six months periodic detention, fined him $2,200 and disqualified him from driving for three years
Paul Jason Myers, 31, had pleaded guilty to 12 charges in Hornsby Local Court, including driving at dangerous speeds and failing to obey a police direction to stop.
The court heard Myers was detected speeding through the tunnel four times between January 23 and February 6 this year at speeds ranging from 159kph to 212kph.
Myers had an obscured number plate to escape apprehension.
On February 16, he evaded police officers from Operation Knievel, set up to catch him, leading them on a chase along the Gore Hill Freeway at speeds of up to 220kph.
But he was later tracked down and arrested by police. Myers' lawyer, Ken Stewart, told the court his client had been devastated by the death of a friend and perhaps "that mad adrenalin rush ... acts as an opiate for that pain in his mind".
But Magistrate Maxwell Taylor said the offences were in the most serious category and Myers posed both a danger to himself and the community.
He sentenced Myers to six months periodic detention, fined him $2,200 and disqualified him from driving for three years