A drink-driver reached speeds up to 110mph before crashing into signage on a roundabout during a police chase. Dashcam footage showed him ramming into the back of a police car causing his bumper to fall off.
Ieuan Hale, 25, of Blackwood, was under the influence of alcohol when he drove a blue Citroen DS3 at speed in Gelligaer, Caerphilly, in the early hours of September 19 last year. At around 2.40am he was seen driving erratically in Aneurin Bevan Avenue by a police officer who attempted to pull him over.
A sentencing hearing at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court on Wednesday heard Hale increased his speed and failed to stop for the officer before driving around an estate for four minutes. He then turned left onto Gelligaer Common towards Bargoed at 75mph as the pursuing officer asked for assistance from colleagues.
