Suspect in hours-long automobile chase will stay in custody for at the least one other month

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The alleged driver of a stolen automobile that led police on an hours-long chase by way of east Calgary and Chestermere will stay behind bars at the least one other month.

Defence counsel Michelle Carrigan appeared in Calgary Courtroom of Justice on behalf of lead lawyer Andrea Urquhart on Wednesday and requested that Sebastian Thomas Tait’s case be adjourned to Sept. 6.

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Carrigan instructed Justice Allan Fradsham that Tait’s presence by way of CCTV from the Calgary Remand Centre was not required for the temporary look.

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“I ask that his attendance be excused,” Carrigan requested the decide.

“That is Ms. Urquhart’s first look (as counsel for Tait),” she stated.

Carrigan requested that the matter be adjourned so Urquhart can receive disclosure from the prosecution to find out her subsequent step.

Automotive was lacking tire, driving on unsuitable aspect of street throughout a part of hours-long chase

Tait was arrested together with two others on July 24 after police spent hours monitoring a white GMC Sierra with a mismatched licence plate after the automobile was initially noticed within the 900 block of forty third Road N.E. round 3:40 p.m.

Officers tried to cease the truck, nevertheless it fled by way of a four-way cease, police stated. The officers didn’t pursue the truck and requested help to trace it from the air by way of the Calgary Police Service’s HAWCS helicopter.

HAWCS tracked the automobile to Stoney Path, the place officers tried one other cease 20 minutes later, however the truck once more fled “at speeds estimated round 150 km/h,” police stated.

Greater than three hours later one other try to cease the truck was made by Mounties in Chestermere, who utilized a spike belt to attempt to cease it. The automobile once more fled — with injury to one in all its tires — again towards Calgary.

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Police stated it subsequently was noticed in southeast Calgary operating purple lights and driving on the unsuitable aspect of the street, forcing different drivers to veer out of the best way. Police estimated the truck was travelling 160 km/h when it once more reached Stoney Path, now lacking a tire.

At 7:30 p.m. officers used “vehicle-based techniques” to cease the truck because it travelled west on sixteenth Avenue N.E. close to 52nd Road.

Tait faces 15 fees, together with flight from police and harmful driving.

— With information from Michael Rodriguez

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