Kyle Boney, 20, of Lynch Street, Cowra, was handed a nine-month suspended jail sentence and had his driver’s licence disqualified for 12 months after pleading guilty to a charge of dangerous driving during a police pursuit.

According to information tendered at court, about 2.30am on July 18, 2017, Boney left a pub on Summer Street and got into a white Holden ute.

He drove east towards Peisley Street and performed a 180-degree burnout at the Summer Street intersection, which police officers in an unmarked vehicle witnessed.

The officers activated the car’s warning lights, but Boney ignored it and travelled west on Summer Street.

Police said they followed Boney up the main street to the Hill Street roundabout, reaching top speeds of 110km/h.

The pursuit was called off when Boney switched his vehicle’s headlights off, and because of the extremely dangerous manner and speed of his driving.

During the chase, police estimated that he clocked 130km/h in a 50km/hr zone.

Police later found the ute abandoned and running. Boney contacted Orange police to tell them he was not the driver and that his keys were stolen in a fight. 

He said he and the person he nominated as the driver had attended the pub on Summer Street together. 

After pursuing a number of lines of inquiries, including viewing CCTV footage from outside the pub, police identified that Boney was unaccompanied on both occasions when he entered and left the premises, and the person he nominated as the driver had an alibi. 

“It was a foolish, dangerous act,” magistrate Michael O’Brien said.

“The facts are disturbing. You put your life and the lives of others at risk.

“The term of imprisonment is suspended on your promise not to reoffend.”