An unqualified driver who clipped a police car while trying to evade officers has been jailed. Police spotted an Audi linked to drug offences being driven by teenager Mackie Newton in Stockwood, Bristol Crown Court heard.
When they tried to pull the car over it sped off. But after a pursuit of some seven minutes - in which the Audi clipped a police car wing mirror, police found the car dumped and Newton lying on grass nearby.
The 19-year-old, whose address was given as Chesterfield Close in Orpington, Kent, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving in December 2021. He also admitted possessing heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply, and possessing cannabis, in January this year.
