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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Steven Morris

Cheltenham man jailed for leading police on 141-mile chase in baby dash

Lauchlan Pritchard
Lauchlan Pritchard told police he thought his driving had been ‘brilliant’. Photograph: handout

A man has been jailed for leading police on a dangerous 141-mile car chase through half a dozen police force areas because his partner was in labour and he wanted to get to her in time.

When Lauchlan Pritchard, 25, was finally stopped in Kent after driving through red lights, going the wrong way along a dual carriageway and trying to hit a police car, he told officers he thought his driving had been “brilliant”.

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