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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Sam Rigney

Parolee who sparked pursuit before crashing into business jailed

The aftermath of the crash on the corner of Glebe Road and Stewart Avenue in July last year. Picture by NBN News

A MAN on parole for stabbing a young woman with a pair of scissors during a domestic violence attack at Lambton in 2018 has been jailed for a maximum of 20 months after he led police on pursuit that ended when he crashed and rolled his car into a business at Hamilton South.

Learner driver Mitchell Sutton, now 30, was trapped inside the Toyota Aurion on its side and police watched as he started stomping his feet on the door, quickly realising he was attempting to destroy about nine grams of methamphetamine.

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