Police were led on a high-speed pursuit and needed to set up road spikes to stop an 18-year-old Wanganui man fleeing from them in a stolen vehicle, a court has heard.
Having spent most of January 27 in Marton, Jordan Thomas Cornor and his 16-year-old associate wanted to return to Wanganui but had no means of transport.
However, about 10pm, the pair found a car with keys in the ignition on the driveway outside a property in Hawkestone Rd. They used it to travel to Wanganui; Cornor was the driver.
The next day about 1.30pm Cornor drove his associate and three others to Thirsty Liquor, where his associate made off with two 18-can boxes of Cody's alcoholic beverages worth $30 each.
At 3.40pm, the group turned up at the Gull service station on the corner of Victoria Ave and London St. Cornor's associate got out of the car and topped it up with $50 of diesel without payment.