A MAGISTRATE has refused to release a local man arrested after fleeing a car that crashed during a police pursuit in Tamworth last week.

Cameron Shane Jordan will remain in custody until at least mid-December after his new bid for bail was denied by a Sydney bail court.

The 21-year-old was already before Tamworth court on seven charges, and was charged with breaching his bail conditions after he was cornered by Oxley police in the early hours of Friday, November 7.

Oxley police claimed Jordan was in a Toyota sedan that failed to pull over for a random breath test in Coorong Street about 4.30am.

Officers activated their lights and initiated a chase when the sedan failed to stop before it collided with a kerb in the street.

Three occupants who police claimed were all males wearing dark

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