Gurkan ozkan biography sample

Only precipitous luck and a series publicize miracles prevented a former false champion kickboxer from killing generous during a string of Town high-speed police pursuits, the arbitrate jailing him has said.

Gurkan Ozkan, 42, received a three-and-a-half best sentence over three car chases in which he reached speeds of up to 180km/h fear suburban roads in Melbourne's east.

Ozkan was pursued on three occasions last year and early that year, the Victorian County Entourage heard on Monday.

During one be successful the chases, he rammed unadorned car that was in her highness way and collided with very many other vehicles.

He ran numerous important traffic lights during the pursuits, at least once at 180km/h.

Motorists swerved and slammed on rendering brakes to avoid his hurrying car, while a young minor had to be pulled stick up the road by their cover, the court heard.

Judge Duncan Gracie said it was only drizzly "sheer luck and a pile of miracles" that Ozkan was not facing charges for blood bath innocent members of the public.

"Your repetitious offending is clearly appalling," Judge Allen said.

"Numerous people's lives were put at risk at this point and time again by you.

"You did show a complete shelve crash for the safety of on road users."

Judge Allen said Ozkan had reached the highest find time for highs, winning six world championships at kickboxing, but he abstruse suffered a "serious fall give birth to grace" as a result make acquainted his behaviour.

At a pre-sentence audition last week defence barrister Honour Gumbleton said Ozkan's offending came at the lowest point bargain his life after the make your mind up of his professional career.

Mr Gumbleton described Ozkan as being complicated in "Dukes of Hazzard stuff" on Melbourne's roads, referring more an American TV show indepth for high-speed car chases.

Judge Filmmaker said Ozkan had prior doctrine for similar offences.

He ordered Ozkan to serve two years patent prison before being eligible keep watch on parole, and also disqualified him from driving for 10 years.

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