A disqualified driver has been jailed for leading police on a pursuit in an unregistered ute that reached speeds of up to 120 kilometres per hour in a Riverina town this week.
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Officers from the Riverina Police District attempted to stop a white Holden utility in Junee about 11pm on Monday.
When the driver failed to stop a pursuit was initiated.
The vehicle was located a short time later abandoned in bushland.
Officers searched the area and found the driver nearby.
The 25-year-old man was arrested and charged, and faced Wagga Local Court on Tuesday.
The man - identified in court as William Sam Howell Jackson - was charged with driving a motor vehicle during disqualification period, using an unregistered motor vehicle, using an uninsured motor vehicle, police pursuit - not stop - drive at speed, and two counts of possessing a prohibited drug.
Howell Jackson pleaded guilty to all charges before Magistrate Christopher Halburd.
Magistrate Halburd jailed Howell Jackson for 10 months, with a non-parole period of six months, for the pursuit and disqualified driving offences.
He was convicted of all other offences but no penalty was recorded.
Howell Jackson was also disqualified from holding a driver's licence for 12 months.
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