Baker on the 10th of October 2023 in Southport Gold Coast a white Holden commodor was pulled over by a motorbike officer close to 10 p.m. the driver was later identified as Chris vovi 40 years old zovsky was accompanied by a woman and a child in the Commodore redactions were made to the footage obtained by police Vision Australia to protect the privacy of other parties involved in this incident and for police operational reasons Patrol just going do a license check okay the officer struggles to find any information under the name provided allegedly bykovsky the officer attempts a background check on SP kovski I'm not sure why we're not finding anything on that name so we'll just go through this one more time I'm just going to give you the requirement again to State your full and correct name in the months leading up to this in ENT sedovsky had committed several fraud offenses he posed as a tab worker to steal cash from the Grand Hotel in Labrador accessing machines and taking $400 from the till he used similar tactics to steal money from the advanced Town Hotel presenting himself as a technician to gain access to funds in 2018 he was accused of robbing an electronic store and was dubbed by local news outlets as The Smiling gunman the officer captured on body warn camera footage informed a female passenger standing next to the vehicle that he intended to search the car once backup arrived b car 961 urgent urgent he my car he's R my [Music] bike travel he's not moving anywhere get out of the car get out of the car 412 941 C 226 yeah that 4161 [Applause] traffic we proceeding to assist the driver the dri now R 961 and taken off out 961 961 read that two adults one uh male child passenger sa 961 are you injured Street 961 no injuries but if you want to roll me a supervisor and a tow truck my bikes are right off proceeding 961 requesting your assist 61 thank you inj negative no injuries C weing end of the street we can't see the vehicle zovsky drove recklessly weaving through traffic speeding and running a red light before abandoning the vehicle police eventually caught up with him and transported him to the Southport police station fet kovski was charged with fraud x 4 willful damage to Police property dangerous operation of a motor vehicle obstruct police officer dangerous drugs possession times 5 stealing dishonesty gaining a benefit and dishonesty obtaining property in court magistrate zenita balich acknowledged fov's remorse and noted his potential for rehabilitation allbe it tempered by his extensive Criminal history your prospects of Rehabilitation to my mind are still present but are not great magistrate bich remarked you have a lot writing on this Chris fovi was sentenced to 19 months in jail with 144 days already served taken into account he will be eligible for parole in May thanks for watching [Music] [Music]