Wednesday 12 December 2007

Man arrested after alleged abduction, car chase

as posted on ABC720

A man is in custody in Western Australia after allegedly abducting a woman and crashing a car on Albany Highway in Cannington following a high-speed police chase.

The pursuit came after an earlier incident in Thornlie where three cars were involved in a minor collision.

Inspector Mike Valentine says police believe the man was attempting to stop a car in which the woman was in and he then forced her from one vehicle into another.

He says the woman is thought to know the man.

"We now have the driver in custody and there was a young woman in the vehicle, who we believe may have been the victim of the abduction, and we've taken her to hospital at this stage," he said.

Police will continue their inquiries.

as posted on ABC720

Monday 10 December 2007

Man quizzed over chase

as posted on TheWest

A 25-year-old Huntingdale man will appear in court today after crashing the car he was driving during a high-speed chase through Perth’s southern suburbs.

At 11pm last night police tried to stop a Holden Commodore on Caulfield Street, Thornlie.

The driver accelerated and reached 140km/h while attempting to evade police.

When the driver reached Spencer Road and attemptedto turn onto Nicholson Road in Ferndale he lost control of his car, which rode a median strip and ploughed through a give-way sign before sliding across the intersection and cannoning into a taxi.

The taxi driver and passenger were unharmed.

The driver of the Commodore and his male passenger were taken into custody, and the 25-year-old was treated at Royal Perth Hospital for a dislocated ankle and several lower leg fractures.

GIOVANNI TORRE

as posted on TheWest

Sunday 9 December 2007

Man charged over alleged abduction

as posted on TheWest


A 36-year-old man has been charged over the alleged abduction of a 22-year-old woman in Thornlie overnight.

The woman was a passenger in a Toyota Camry that was driving on Spencer Road, Thornlie, about 9pm last night. A Mazda convertible pulled alongside the Camry, and the driver allegedly used a baseball bat to smash a rear window.

The accused man then allegedly dragged the woman from the car and put her in the backseat of his Mazda before speeding away on Spencer Road.

Police spotted the car about 2.30am on High Road, Riverton, sparking a 20 minute high speed chase through Perth’s south-eastern suburbs.

The chase ended when the Mazda crashed into a set of traffic lights at the intersection of Albany Highway and Wharf Street.

The woman was taken to Royal Perth Hospital and treated for injuries she received throughout the course of the night.

The man, aged 36 and from Midvale, was charged with deprivation of liberty, aggravated assault occasioning bodily harm, receiving, steal motor vehicle and drive recklessly, criminal damage, fail to stop, two counts each of reckless driving and fail to stop.

The man is due to appear in the Perth Magistrate’s Court on Monday.

as posted on TheWest

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