Joshua Chellew reached speeds of 130kmh and hurled firewood, bricks, glass bottles, and even a meth pipe at a patrol car as he attempted to flee police.
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Joshua John Chellew, 32, has pleaded guilty to endangering transport, assault with a weapon, intentional damage, and aggravated counts of injuring and failing to stop for police.
The Oamaru driver responsible for the 2018 hit-and-run death of a 14-year-old girl has admitted endangering traffic after inciting a police pursuit. Joshua John Chellew reached speeds of 130 kilometres per hour and hurled firewood, bricks, glass bottles, and even a methamphetamine pipe at a patrol car as he tried to shake police on the rural back-roads of Oamaru, about 4.15pm on May 3, 2020. Chellew pleaded guilty to endangering transport, assault with a weapon, intentional damage, and aggravated counts of injuring and failing to stop for police when he appeared before Judge Joanna Maze in the Timaru District Court on Tuesday.