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Wild footage captured the moment a driver was Tasered in the chest while in his car.
The body camera footage was released after Mathew Thomas Druett, 29, was released from custody on Friday, more than four months after the Sept. 25 incident.
Druett was stopped by officers in Reid, Canberra, about 2.35am that morning because his license plates were partially obscured by a sticker.
After police found discrepancies between the license plates and the vehicle, an officer shot Druett in the chest.
Footage shows the car lurch forward once more before an officer was able to remove the keys from the ignition, remove Druett from the car and arrest him.
Wild images have been released of a man trying to flee from police despite being shot with a Taser in the chest following a traffic stop in Canberra in September (pictured).
Appearing in the ACT Supreme Court on Friday, Druett was sentenced to nine months’ jail suspended with a 12-month good behavior bond.
He had pleaded guilty to reckless driving near police and driving without a license.
A police investigation into the incident revealed that the car had been stolen and sold to Druett for just $500 because it had a defective engine.
The prosecution did not accuse him of stealing the car or knowing that it had been stolen.
Druett told the court he had bought it to travel to his home in Surf Beach, on the New South Wales south coast, to attend a family member’s birthday.
Agreed facts stated that police saw Druett turn the wheel and begin to drive away when they told him to turn off the engine.
His defense, Sam Lynch, told the court Druett tried to avoid police and only accelerated once after receiving an electric shock.
Lynch also told the court his client had made an “error in judgement” after realizing the seriousness of the situation.
The court heard Mathew Thomas Druett, 29, had made a “flawed” decision in trying to escape from police and was released with a suspended jail sentence on Friday.
The court heard Druett had a traumatic childhood and has attempted to rehabilitate himself over the past four months on remand.
Presiding Judge Chrissa Loukas-Karlsson accepted Druett’s efforts and said he needed to continue to become the kind of father his children “need.”
“You need to become the best version of yourself… so your children can become the best version of themselves,” he told the court, according to the Canberra Star.
“You are still young, you can change your life.”