A Dubbo man who landed himself behind bars after breaching his court orders for a police pursuit last year, will appeal the severity of his sentence.
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Joshua Flynn, 20, was sentenced to 12 months in prison after he was busted driving while disqualified on two separate occasions, while on a community corrections order for a police pursuit last year.
In Dubbo Local Court earlier this month, Flynn pleaded guilty two counts of driving while disqualified.
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According to police, Flynn was driving a Toyota Corolla on Cobborah Road when he was pulled over for a random breath test about 9pm on January 22 this year.
When asked for his licence, Flynn told officers he "didn't have one".
Flynn was then spotted eight days later in a Toyota Hilux at the intersection of Baird Drive and North Street.
Following police mobile registration checks, officers indicated for Flynn to pull over when he turned harshly onto Trelanvean Street and pulled into a driveway.
Officers approached and questioned him, when he told them it was his brother's ute.
Checks revealed Flynn's licence had been disqualified for 12 months from August last year.
In court, defence lawyer Jessica Meech said Flynn was a young man and had indicated his "remorse" in a letter he wrote to the court.
She explained Flynn had decided to drive as his mother had been at the hospital and needed a lift and he "didn't want her to walk from hospital to home in West Dubbo".
The court heard Flynn had been supporting his family financially after his step-father had become an amputee, and was also required to look after his younger brother.
Ms Meech said Flynn had sold his car in February so that he didn't have "temptation" to drive again until he completed his period of disqualification.
However the court heard Flynn had been disqualified and on an 18-month community corrections order for a 30-kilometre long police pursuit through Dubbo on March 10 last year by Magistrate Theresa Hamilton.
During that pursuit, court documents said Flynn had two passengers in the car, collided with a light pole, and reached high-speeds through streets in the Dubbo CBD.
At one point court documents describe the passengers throwing objects out of the car toward police.
Magistrate Gary Wilson believed "clearly these orders had no impression" on Flynn.
"Fortunately you were dealt with very leniently and afforded the benefit of remaining in the community," he said.
"But since then you have driven again, twice on two occasions in close proximity."
"Pursuits happen almost weekly in this community, far too often ... a message has to be sent to you and to the community you must comply with orders made by the court."
Flynn was sentenced to a 12-month term of imprisonment, with a non-parole period of six months. He was also disqualified from driving for 12 months.
However shortly after he was sentenced, Ms Meech lodged an appeal against the severity of the prison sentence, and he was granted bail.
The appeal will be heard in the Dubbo District Court in September.