Watch out. Watch out. WATCH OUT. >> On the 23rd of June, 2023 in Metford, New South Wales, a dramatic police chase brought an end to a 3-month manhunt for 39-year-old Maitelland man Kurt Field, who had been on the run since March 2023. I cover real Australian court cases, police investigations, location data, search warrants, and I've [music] realized that your online footprints are now just as trackable as CCTV cameras. That's why I actually started using Surf Shark for myself. Here's how I use it. When I travel, I connect to public Wi-Fi at airports. Surf Shark keeps everything encrypted. I've saved money on flights by changing my virtual location when searching. Yes, cheaper flights are real. And at night, I might stream documentaries that aren't available in Australia. Just switch countries, refresh, and it works. It's like having a digital invisibility cloak when you want it. You can also use it to hide your IP, secure your data, and unblock region locked content, all with one subscription across unlimited devices. And they've given us an exclusive deal. Go to surfshark.com/polevision or enter the code polevision at checkout to get four extra months added to your plan. I'll leave the link at the very top of the description and a pinned comment. Make sure you double check it before signing up. It's genuinely useful and honestly in this job it just makes sense. Now back to today's video. Field was spotted by an offduty police officer driving a stolen vehicle at East Mland. Triple O was called and within minutes officers swarmed the area. Police followed him to Metford train station where Field rammed multiple police cars, allegedly assaulting officers and reversed [music] at police in the car park. coming down. >> Watch out. Watch out. Watch out. Are you all right? You all right? You all right, man? [ __ ] >> where? >> Are you all right? You all right? You all right, man? >> Well, where is he? Hold him. Hold him. Think about it. >> But what emerged in Newcastle District Court was a chilling history of abuse, intimidation, and violent control [music] over a woman he was in a relationship with. The court field had relentlessly abused the woman, sending repeated voicemails, and text messages, threatening to kill her, bash her, and wait for her wherever she went. While a warrant was out for his arrest, Field allegedly went on a crime spree throughout June 2023, stealing [music] fuel from multiple service stations, including in Do and using a sledgehammer to break into homes. On June 3rd, police nearly caught him, [music] but even capsicum spray didn't stop him. Field is accused of assaulting officers and leading them on a dangerous high-speed pursuit. Even Pair's aerial search couldn't locate him. His reign of terror finally ended on June 23rd, 2023 with a dramatic police arrest at Medford. Court [music] outcome: Field pleaded guilty to a large number of charges including domestic violence and assault offenses. Take and detain a person with intent [music] to obtain an advantage. Intimidation, police pursuit, assault, police, use of an offensive weapon to prevent lawful detention, vehicle theft, dishonesty obtaining property, aggravated break and enter, aggravated dangerous driving, driving while disqualified, and damage to property. Judge Roy Ellis told the court that Field had a long criminal history across three states. He was jailed for 12 years with a non-p parole period of 7 years. field will be eligible for parole in June 2030. Thank you for watching. For exclusive [music] content and early access to Public Interest Australian court cases, please consider supporting Police Vision Australia [music] on Patreon. Links are in the description. [music] [music] >> [music]