Manhunt on for state’s worst food delivery driver after Frenchman’s rogue behaviour racked up hundreds of demerit points
The search is on for the state’s worst food delivery driver after the man was given hundreds of penalty points and is believed to have stolen a motorbike.
New South Wales police have issued an arrest warrant for the 23-year-old Frenchman after the delivery driver accumulated a whopping 385 demerit points.
The driver’s misconduct also extended to renting a black Yamaha scooter from City Car King in Alexandria, Sydney on March 21 – and allegedly failing to return it, reports said. The Daily Telegraph.
The Frenchman destroyed the $400 tracker on the bike so he could keep the scooter without being found while working for various food delivery companies.
According to the police, the Frenchman received hundreds of penalty points while driving the Yamaha.
The rider was convicted in June of theft and destruction of property, but the sentence was handed down in his absence after he failed to appear in court several times.
Despite the warrant, the meal delivery person has still not been found because he keeps changing addresses.
The motorcyclist always showed his international driving license when stopped by the police.
The 23-year-old Frenchman has been given a whopping 385 penalty points since arriving in Australia late last year, but police have been unable to find him (stock image)
The driver collected most of his penalty points on a stolen black Yamaha scooter (stock photo of a food delivery person)
All fines he received were sent to the registered address he used when he first came to Australia late last year.
But he is no longer at this address either.
The Frenchman was due to appear in Downing Centre court this week in connection with the theft of the motorcycle, but failed to appear.
At the man’s address in Waterloo, which is listed in court documents, housemates told the publication he was at the police station.
However, police said the man failed to show up to post the required bail.
The man’s shocking driving was discovered after NSW Police Highway Patrol officers made a request to Transport NSW to review his full criminal record due to his ongoing offending.
Police said they are not responsible for the penalty points system and that this is the responsibility of Transport NSW, which also maintains the points tally.
The French national keeps changing addresses and failing to appear in court. NSW police now have a warrant for the courier’s arrest (Stock photo of a courier delivering food)
A Transport for NSW spokesperson said it was ‘actively managing’ the matter with both police and Revenue NSW.
Surprisingly, bike theft isn’t the only problem the company has faced in Sydney.
A staff member said they couldn’t remember the Frenchman renting the scooter, as they had ‘about 50 cases of bikes being stolen like this’.
“They come in here, some people don’t even try to rent a bike, they just steal a bike and go… We give all the information to the police,” the employee said.