Fence hit in escape

THE embarrassment of telling his family he was caught with a pipe after they paid for rehab was enough for a man to run through a barbed wire fence to get away from police.

A magistrate pressed the importance of treating police with respect after Cody BeauDean Mundey admitted to struggling with officers and hitting capsicum spray out of an officer’s hand before running.

Police prosecutor Chelsea Pearson said Mundey was pulled over for a licence check just after midnight on February 5, but things took a turn.

Bowen Magistrates Court heard Mundey consented to his Hilux being searched and took items out of his pocket, but refused to remove his right hand from his pocket.

Ms Pearson said Mundey started to tense and was placed under arrest, but he struggled and knocked capsicum spray from one of the officer’s hands.

Mundey was then tasered in his shoulder, but it had “little effect”.

“The defendant managed to break free of Senior Constable Sinclair’s grip, stood up and ran across a paddock and through a barbed wire fence,” Ms Pearson said.

Police found the 25-yearold man at home later that morning, noticing he had large cuts on his face, and took him to the watch house.

Ms Pearson said after Mundey had fled, police found a glass pipe inside a sunglasses case with residue, consistent with methylamphetamine.

Mundey pleaded guilty to two counts of obstructing police and possessing utensils or pipes. The second possession of utensils charge was laid in April after Mundey was searched and a pipe was found in his underpants.

Mundey was fined a total of $1250 and no convictions were recorded.