Woman who allegedly sped past Victorian border checkpoint charged with multiple offences
Police allege the woman had already been turned away from the border once when she drove past a checkpoint. Photo: ABC Goulburn Murray
Police have laid multiple charges against a woman who allegedly sped through a Victorian border checkpoint last month before being arrested at the other side of the state.
Police had alleged the 57-year-old woman from Bateau Bay in New South Wales evaded the checkpoint at Chandlers Creek in East Gippsland in the early hours of December 30.
The woman had earlier attempted to enter Victoria and was told to go back to NSW and complete an application for a permit as she was travelling from a designated coronavirus red zone, police said.
Police said officers gave chase to the woman after she drove past the Chandlers Creek checkpoint “at a fast rate of speed”, but soon stopped due to concerns the woman’s driving posed a threat to the community.
Armed Crime Squad detectives have charged a woman with numerous offences following an incident which occurred at Chandlers Creek last year.
She has been bailed to appear at Bairnsdale Magistrates’ Court on 7 April.
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More than 12 hours later, an off-duty police officer spotted the same driver near Nhill in western Victoria, allegedly on her way to South Australia.
Officers used a “tyre deflation device” to stop the woman on the highway before she was arrested.
On Wednesday night, Victoria Police said Armed Crime Squad detectives had charged her with recklessly exposing a police officer to risk by driving, failing to stop, reckless conduct, driving while disqualified, use of an unregistered vehicle and breaches of public health orders.
She has been granted bail and is due to appear at the Bairnsdale Magistrates’ Court on April 7.
–ABC
