A MAN who went on a drug-fuelled rampage at Sydney Airport - stealing cars and stabbing a chauffeur before leading police on a high-speed pursuit - has been jailed for at least four years.
In the District Court in Sydney on Thursday, Judge Penelope Hock said it was "incredible" nobody was killed when Eric Craig Uglow, 23, drove at speeds over 200km/h as he tried to evade police last year.
Uglow, from Petrie, pleaded guilty to four charges, including reckless wounding and police pursuit, over the incident which started in Sydney's domestic airport on April 30, 2012.
High on amphetamines and ice, he stole an Avis rental car at the airport before crashing it into the back of a minibus.
He abandoned the car and pounced on a chauffeur who was sitting in his car waiting for a passenger.
In the struggle that ensued, Uglow stabbed the chauffeur in the calf with a letter opener before the man managed to kick him away, the court heard.
Uglow then threatened a woman with the letter opener and demanded the keys to her car before taking off in it.
He was arrested the next day after police spotted him speeding along the F3 freeway in Sydney's north.
During the pursuit, Uglow crashed into another car, causing it to spin four times, before he crashed into a guard rail.
"(The pursuit) was only brought to an end by the offender's loss of control," Judge Hock said, adding she considered the pursuit to be of "extremely high objective gravity".
"It's quite incredible and a matter of great good fortune it did not cause any physical injury or the death of any other road user, the police officers or himself."
The court heard Uglow reported having a "fragmented memory" of the incident and said he had not slept for two and a half weeks beforehand.
He has previously apologised to his victims in court.
Judge Hock noted Uglow had had a troubled upbringing, was asked to leave home when he was 15 and suffered from alcohol and drug abuse.
"He is still only a very young man," she said, although she noted that he had a number of previous convictions.
She set a maximum term of six years and recommended that Uglow be given drug and alcohol counselling in custody.
Taking into account time already served, he will be eligible for parole in April 2016.
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