After leading police on a 140mph chase down the M5, dumping his car and fleeing, Thomas Croker came up with a cunning plan. Later that day he reported his BMW 320d stolen and he was invited to the police station.
Unfortunately for him, waiting at the station was the cop who had seen it was Croker, not a car thief, who was driving his car at the time of the chase. And Croker was even more unlucky when he was shown a police dashcam photo of him fleeing the vehicle.
Dad-of-three Croker, 30, of Fishponds Road, Eastville, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and doing an act tending to pervert the course of justice in November 2021. Judge Michael Longman jailed him for 14 months.
