A WANGARATTA man who blinded police patrolling the rural city with a strobe light and was pushed to the ground has avoided conviction.
The 34-year-old appeared at Wangaratta Magistrates’ Court this week admitting to hindering police and paramedic workers on duty in the early hours of 29 September last year.
The court heard around 1:30am police officers were patrolling the Wilson Road and Thoma...