The scene where the pursuit came to an end on July 15, and where a police officer used an extinguisher to smother a small fire which started around the car's wheels. Photo / File
A 20-year-old man charged with kidnapping and other domestic and driving offences after a pursuit which ended with a vehicle being nosed off a road on the outskirts of Napier four weeks ago has pleaded not guilty.
Malcolm Karauria, of Napier, was arrested after the pursuit ended between the Willowbank
Ave intersections with Geddis Ave and Kenny Rd on the afternoon of July 15.
A lower-speed pursuit, during which a driver, with at least one passenger, continued despite the vehicle having at least one tyre punctured by road spikes laid by police as they attempted to stop the vehicle in Nuffield Ave, Marewa.
The vehicle had continued into Te Awa Ave and lost a tyre as it veered across a footpath and between a road sign and a dairy frontage as police attempted a mobile block.
It continued on Creagh and Chambers Sts, passing Napier Boys' High School, and headed towards Meeanee before the escapade was brought to an end.
