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A motorist who failed to stop immediately after being directed to by police on the Bruce Highway claimed he feared for police safety after the Melbourne police killings and couldn’t find a safe spot to stop.
Paul Bernard Martin, 49, pleaded guilty on March 16 in Rockhampton Magistrates Court to one count of failing to stop at the first reasonable instance after being directed by police.
Police prosecutor Clancy Fox said police were carrying out speed enforcement on the Bruce Highway on May 4 at East End, south of Mount Larcom, when they came across Martin driving a black Ford ute in a northerly direction.
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