Car chase leads to jail time for drink driver

Sunday 06 December 2020

A 27-year-old has been sent to prison for leading police on a car chase through the lanes of the western parishes whilst drunk.

Jason Mackie was sentenced in the Magistrate’s Court for various offences after drink driving his boss’s car.

Police were alerted to Mackie on the 14 November when he took a Blue Ford Focus from the Carlton Hotel, where he was living at the time.

He was nearly double the drink drive limit when a squad car found him in the Forest. He refused to pull over when officers put on their sirens, and he led them on a chase through the lanes.

In the process Mackie ran a yellow line, hit another car, and u-turned to try and avoid being pulled over. Defence Advocate Phoebe Cobb said he had simply panicked.

Pictured: Mackie - who wasn't given permission to drive the car, was intoxicated, and wasn’t insured - was sent to Les Nicolles Prison. 

After failing a breath test, he admitted to having drunk eight to nine ciders that evening.

He was indicted on five charges and sentenced to 18 weeks imprisonment. He was disqualified from driving for two years and six months.

Pictured top: Mackie was sentenced in the Magistrate's Court by Judge Graeme McKerrell.