A 26-year-old man will serve more than five years in prison for running down a Whakatane police officer - who was laying road spikes to stop him during a police chase in the Bay of Plenty
A 26-year-old man will serve more than five years in prison for running down a Whakatane police officer - who was laying road spikes to stop him during a police chase in the Bay of Plenty
1 August 2018
The police officer received broken legs and wrists, a brain bleed, and other injuries.
He still needs crutches - eight months late.
Joshua Strickland was sentenced to 63 months behind bars, when he appeared via video link in the Whakatane District Court today.
He had earlier admitted theft of tobacco from a dairy, dangerous driving, failing to stop and aggravated wounding.
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