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Canberra man who rode e-scooter at 100kph before trying to flee police sentenced to one month in jail

A Canberra man who rode an electric scooter at nearly 100kph before trying to evade police via a nearby bike path has been jailed for a month.

On December 23 last year, police spotted 38-year-old James Cole riding the e-scooter at high speed down the Majura Parkway, a main road in Canberra's east.

Police body-cam footage, which was played to the ACT Magistrates Court, shows Cole repeatedly refusing to stop for two officers on motorbikes.

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