A 45 year-old Sydney man accused of going on the rampage in an armoured personnel carrier (APC) in Western Sydney has been refused bail.
John Robert Patterson, of Dharruk, allegedly led officers for 90 minutes through six western Sydney suburbs as he crashed the privately-owned APC through fences and into mobile phone towers, telecommunication relay sheds and an electrical sub-station.
He was arrested after the APC stalled on its way to damaging a seventh property, police said.
In Parramatta Bail Court, John Patterson did not apply for bail, however it was formally refused.
Defence lawyer Ivan Bertoia told the court John Patterson claimed, "that certainly he had authority to behave in such a manner".
In refusing bail, the magistrate recommended John Patterson, who had lacerations around a swollen left eye, receive medical and psychiatric attention.
The hearing was adjourned to Penrith local court on July 16.
Mobile phone services in the area which the chase past through were disrupted while technicians waited to gain entry to the crime scenes.
Police on patrol in Minchinbury noticed APC being used to destroy an electricity substation about 2am (AEST).
After calling for back-up, they followed the carrier through the suburbs of Mt Druitt, Dharruk, Emerton, Glendenning and Plumpton.
The APC left a path of destruction, bringing down a number of mobile phone towers and relay sheds, police said.
The pursuit ended in Dean Park after about 90 minutes, when the vehicle stalled as it was being driven towards another mobile phone tower.
Police arrested John Patterson there and later charged him with numerous offences.
They include; six counts of malicious damage, break, enter and steal, predatory driving, possession of a prohibited drug, use of a weapon to avoid apprehension and driving in a dangerous manner.
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