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SA mum jailed after fleeing police at the VIC border

A South Australian mum-of-two will spend at least two weeks behind bars after speeding past police at a checkpoint.

Celeste Lockwood was arrested on Wednesday after entering South Australia from Victoria and allegedly breaching COVID rules.

Before she crossed the border, she made a video taunting authorities.

“I as a person, as a South Australian person that lives there, I’m in Victoria, I’m gonna leave today,” she said in the video.

“So I’m at On The Run, just went in, and do you know what they said, as soon as I walk in, they all have masks, they come up to me and said, ‘oh excuse me, you can’t come in, you’re not wearing a mask’, I said ‘excuse me, I don’t wear a mask’.”

Around 4:10 pm, she approached the police checkpoint at Yamba but refused to answer basic questions from the police.

The 37-year-old then allegedly took off before being pursued by police.

Road spikes were used to stop Lockwood and she was soon arrested and charged with aggravated drive dangerously to escape police pursuit, drive disqualified and fail to comply with direction under the Emergency Management Act.

She faced court on Thursday, but was refused bail and will spend at least two weeks in custody.

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speeding, police, south australia, border, victoria, coronavirus