Kay Johnston says her son, Paul, will deny allegations of riding at 273km/h. Picture: Peter Smith Source: Herald Sun
THE mum of a motorcyclist charged with racing at 273km/h to evade police has said her son could not be responsible for the shocking incident ... because he doesn't get out of bed before noon.
Kay Johnston spoke exclusively to the Herald Sun and admitted 37-year-old Paul did stupid things, but said she would provide an alibi that he was at home at the time of the offence.
Leading Senior Constable Larry Piscioneri first recorded a motorcyclist travelling at 146km/h on the Hume Highway at 10am last Sunday.
But when he tried to intercept the vehicle, the rider accelerated to 273km/h, forcing an end to the pursuit for safety reasons.
Police raided the Johnston family home in Swanpool at 2pm on Saturday, where Mr Johnston lives in a caravan in the back garden.
He was charged with conduct endangering life, conduct endangering persons, evading police, driving in a dangerous manner, driving at dangerous speed, exceeding the speed limit, and possessing and using cannabis.
The son of retired policeman Neil Johnston was shown footage of the pursuit from the police car's dashboard camera, but has told his mother the identity of the rider cannot be seen.
"This happened at 10am and Paul doesn't even get up before noon," Ms Johnston said.
Asked if she saw her son that morning, she replied: "It is really big, it has a really big engine like a V8 or something. I would have heard if he left on it."
Ms Johnston said Paul had recently bought the bike and its number plate did include 1A, as police had earlier stated.
It is believed police obtained the full number plate after sending the dashboard camera footage to forensic experts to be enhanced.
"You can't even make the bike out in the video, but if it is his bike then maybe someone else took it," Ms Johnston said.
"We had three visitors here from Melbourne and one from Benalla for a family do - it could have been one of them.
"We just don't know."
Asked if she had supplied the contact details of these potential witnesses to police, she replied: "When they asked him where he was, he couldn't remember what he had done yesterday, let alone last week.
"We've just remembered, but we'll speak to a solicitor first. It's his word against theirs."
Police said, at 273km/h, the rider would have covered 52m a second.
"They've also taken his bike, but luckily he's got two cars he can get about in," Ms Johnston said.
Paul Johnston will appear before Benalla Magistrates' Court on August 27.
jon.kaila@news.com.au
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