QLD:Girl charged in alleged Cairns carjacking

AAP General News (Australia)
12-02-2011
QLD:Girl charged in alleged Cairns carjacking

BRISBANE, Dec 2 AAP - A teenager who used a knife to carjack a driver and hit a police
car as officers tried to nab her is facing a string of charges.

The 17-year-old allegedly threatened the owner of a vehicle with a knife in Cairns
on Thursday night, before stealing the vehicle and driving south on the Bruce Highway.

She crashed into a stationary police vehicle at Ingham as police tried several times
to intercept her, police allege.

The teenager is facing a range of charges including armed robbery, dangerous operation
of a vehicle, and assaulting police.

She'll face the Townsville Magistrates Court on Friday.

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