However, on October 8 last year, police executed a search warrant in Mosgiel where they found stolen items in the defendant’s car. When officers followed the defendant he accelerated through the Octagon, went the wrong way down Bath St and sped along George St at 100kmh. He narrowly missed pedestrians at a crossing and made his way to State Highway 1 heading north. Smyth took desperate measures to avoid having his tyres punctured, clipping a truck and nearly hitting a road worker. Smyth was convicted on charges of receiving and two of dangerous driving and was banned from driving for a year.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 24, 2021 15:33 UTC