Police did not try to intercept her again but followed Ms Bleazard at a safe distance until she drove into a truck rest bay about 40 minutes later.Īfter stopping behind her, she is alleged to have reversed at speed towards police again, but they were able to avoid another collision.
She allegedly smashed the glass and liquid near the feet of an officer and attempted to light it on fire, before fleeing again. When she came to a stop again, police allege Ms Bleazard yelled abuse at them before opening the driver's door armed with a large glass jar containing petrol. Police said Ms Bleazard then drove off on the wrong side of the road and into Nullarbor bushland, where the caravan eventually became dislodged from her car. They said she was driving erratically, which caused the caravan to move from side to side unpredictably.Īt one stage, police vehicles had her boxed in on the Eyre Highway.īut as police approached Ms Bleazard's car, she allegedly put it in reverse and rammed her caravan into an unmarked police car, a Toyota Prado, before allegedly angling her car towards an officer and driving at speed, forcing the officer to take evasive action. Police said they chased her Volvo wagon, which was towing a caravan, with emergency lights and sirens, but she failed to stop and accelerated away. She will be in quarantine - most likely at Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison - until September 6.Įarlier, police released details about Ms Bleazard's dramatic arrest on the Nullarbor. Magistrate Matthews did not consider a bail application, saying he had concerns about Ms Bleazard's ability to comply with any conditions imposed by the court. "We're not achieving anything here… you need to let the magistrate speak without interrupting him so that we're not going around in circles," he added later. "You need to show him a bit of respect," he said, referring to Ms Bleazard's attitude towards the magistrate. The officer in charge of Eucla police station, Senior Sergeant Russell Chamberlain, could be heard on the audiolink twice trying to get Ms Bleazard to cooperate. "I don't believe in the judicial system … I need to leave Australia," she said. While the charges were read to her, Ms Bleazard repeatedly interrupted Magistrate Matthews and told him she did not believe in the judicial system and demanded to be released so she could "immigrate overseas". She replied by asking: "Can I charge the police?" Magistrate Andrew Matthews explained she was facing eight charges, including two counts of reckless driving to escape pursuit by police. "My problem is that I want to leave Australia, but no-one here is able to arrange it." "I need an interpreter … I don't understand what you're talking about," she said.
In an exchange with the magistrate, Ms Bleazard requested an interpreter while speaking perfect English. She declined help from Legal Aid WA and represented herself in court.
Ms Bleazard, of no fixed address, appeared in the Kalgoorlie Magistrate's Court on Tuesday via audiolink from the lock-up at Eucla police station.
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Police said she reversed her caravan at speed into a police car, tried to run over an officer who was approaching her car on foot and threw a large jar full of petrol at an officer before trying to light it on fire. Just after 10 o'clock Monday morning, Brenda Elena Bleazard allegedly led police on a dramatic high-speed chase while driving a Volvo wagon and towing a caravan. A 47-year-old woman has been remanded in custody to serve 14 days' quarantine after allegedly speeding through a checkpoint at Western Australia's border with South Australia and ramming a police car.