A manhunt is underway for a state’s worst food delivery driver after the man racked up hundreds of demerit points and allegedly stole a motorcycle.
New South Wales Police have issued an arrest warrant for the 23-year-old French national after the delivery driver racked up a whopping 385 demerit points.
The driver’s bad behaviour also extended to him renting a black Yamaha scooter from City Car King in Alexandria, Sydney, on March 21 and allegedly failing to return it, it was reported. The Daily Telegraph.
The Frenchman destroyed the bike’s $400 tracker so he could keep the scooter untraceable while working for several food delivery companies.
It was while riding the Yamaha that the Frenchman received hundreds of demerit points, police said.
The motorcyclist was found guilty of grand theft and destruction of property in June, but the verdict was handed down in his absence after he failed to show up to court on multiple occasions.
Despite the court order, the food delivery man has not been found because he keeps changing addresses.
The motorcyclist always showed his international license to the police when they stopped him.
The 23-year-old French national has been given 385 demerit points since arriving in Australia late last year, but police cannot find him (file image)
The driver racked up most of his demerit points on a stolen black Yamaha scooter (stock photo of a food delivery driver)
Any infringement notices he received were sent to the registered address he used when he first arrived in Australia late last year.
But it is no longer in that direction.
The Frenchman was due to appear at Downing Centre Local Court this week over the theft of the motorbike but failed to turn up.
At the man’s Waterloo address provided in court documents, flatmates told the publication he was at the police station.
But police said the man failed to show up to pay the required bail.
The man’s shocking driving record was discovered after NSW Police highway patrol officers requested his full record from Transport NSW due to his repeated offences.
Police said they were not in charge of the demerit system and that it was the responsibility of Transport NSW, which also maintains the points tally.
The French citizen constantly changes his address and does not appear in court. New South Wales police now have an arrest warrant for the delivery man (stock image of a food delivery man)
A Transport for NSW spokesperson said they were “actively managing the case” with both police and Revenue NSW.
Surprisingly, bike theft is not the only problem the Sydney-based company has had to deal with.
One staff member said they did not recall the Frenchman renting the scooter because “they have about 50 cases of people stealing bikes.”
“They come here, some people don’t even try to rent, they just steal a bike and leave… we give all the information to the police,” the staff member said.