Driver thought he’d ‘get away’

A YOUNG man told police he tried to outrun them in an unregistered car because he “thought he was going to get away”.The driver, who was 17 at the time, pleaded guilty to three charges before a ­children’s court on Thursday.Last November Mildura police observed him driving along Surgey Street at Merbein and found the […]

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