Nottinghamshire Police have released dashcam footage which shows a van ram police cars while being chased down the M1. The pursuit, which took place in December 2021, spanned 63 miles and four counties.
Officers in Leicestershire first picked up the trail of a stolen Mercedes Sprinter van believed to be using false plates. The van, carrying £40,000 of stolen kitchen equipment taken from a lorry in Milton Keynes, was driven by in-debt drug user Robert Wingate, 24, of HMP Hull, on his way back to Leeds with the stolen loot. His passenger was Deimantas Palaima, 19, of Throstle Row, Middleton, Leeds.
Both men were jailed at Nottingham Crown Court on Monday (February 13) for their roles in the terrifying traffic violation, spanning the M1 from Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire to South Yorkshire. Following the sentencing, police released footage of the chase, captured by police car dashcams, helicopter cameras, and the phone of the criminals.
