A pre-trial listening to for a person accused of stealing Nick Kyrgios’s automotive from the tennis star’s mom at gunpoint has been delayed.
Prosecutors for the person, who is just not being named for authorized causes, instructed ACT Magistrates Court a number of transient objects for the listening to had been nonetheless but to be finalised.
Magistrate James Lawton on Tuesday granted a four-week adjournment, with the listening to now scheduled to happen on August 15.
The man had entered a not responsible plea to 5 costs in relation to the alleged incident, together with aggravated theft, driving a automobile with out consent, failing to cease for police, resisting a public official and driving whereas suspended.
The 32-year-old man, who is just not being named for authorized causes, stays in custody.
It’s alleged the person threatened Kyrgios’s mum with a gun and demanded she hand over the keys to the Wimbledon finalist’s inexperienced Tesla which was parked exterior, after which present him the right way to drive it.
Kyrgios then referred to as triple zero and used a smartphone app to trace the automotive’s location, and giving the knowledge to police.
The app was additionally used to restrict the automotive’s pace to 80km/h.
Police tried to arrest the driving force after monitoring him down, however the man allegedly sped off, with police having to finish the pursuit after the automotive entered a faculty zone.
Officers then used the automotive’s location on the app to seek out it once more and arrested the person, alleging he resisted.
Source: www.9news.com.au
