A pre-trial hearing for a man accused of stealing Nick Kyrgios’s car from the tennis star’s mother at gunpoint has been delayed.
Prosecutors for the man, who is not being named for legal reasons, told ACT Magistrates Court several brief items for the hearing were still yet to be finalised.
Magistrate James Lawton on Tuesday granted a four-week adjournment, with the hearing now scheduled to take place on August 15.
The man had entered a not guilty plea to five charges in relation to the alleged incident, including aggravated robbery, driving a vehicle without consent, failing to stop for police, resisting a public official and driving while suspended.
The 32-year-old man, who is not being named for legal reasons, remains in custody.
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It’s alleged the man threatened Kyrgios’s mum with a gun and demanded she hand over the keys to the Wimbledon finalist’s green Tesla which was parked outside, and then show him how to drive it.
Kyrgios then called triple zero and used a smartphone app to track the car’s location, and giving the information to police.
The app was also used to limit the car’s speed to 80km/h.
Police tried to arrest the driver after tracking him down, but the man allegedly sped off, with police having to end the pursuit after the car entered a school zone.
Officers then used the car’s location on the app to find it again and arrested the man, alleging he resisted.
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