Tomic Could Face Jail Time for Automobile Violations

Written by: Staff on 2nd February 2012

Tomic Could Face Jail Time for Automobile Violations |

Australian traffic tear away Bernard Tomic will have to appear in court over a run of cop stops in his Gold coast hometown after the teenager drew police scrutiny during the second week of the Australian Open.

Tomic, who reached the fourth round of the Open and it due to team with Lleyton Hewitt next week in Davis Cup against China in Geelong near Melbourne, was stopped twice in as many hours by police last week as he cruised in his fire-orange BMW M3. The probationary driver has special clearance form Queensland police to use the supercar for tennis duties only.

The Australian day fracas resulted in a standoff with cops outside the Tomic family home with the matter now set for the courts after charges that he illegally crossed double white lines and failed to stop when ordered by police.

“He has been charged with one count each of keeping to the left of the two continuous dividing lines and fail to stop a motor vehicle,” read a police statement. “He is due to appear in the Southport Magistrates Court on February 14.”

Tomic says he’s being singled out by police. “They’ve given me three tickets and one officer feels like he wants to get me and it’s not a good feeling.”

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