A Sydney man has been refused bail on charges of using a restored army tank to destroy an number of mobile phone towers in the city’s west.
Dharruk man John Robert Patterson, 45, has appeared in Parramatta Bail court on a range of charges including malicious damage.
It is alleged that early this morning he used an armoured personnel carrier to destroy six mobile phone towers and an electricity substation in Sydney’s west during a 90-minute chase by police.
In court today he did not apply for bail and it was formally refused. The court was told that in an interview with police he said he had “authority to behave in the manner that he did”. The magistrate recommended that he receive psychiatric treatment and the case was adjourned until Monday.
A classic example of when playing GTA just isn’t enough.
July 16th, 2007 at 3:56 am
So is this another example of when we blame computer games?