A drug dealer found with a block of heroin tried to stage an escape from police officers but instead reversed straight into another police car.
Police moved to arrest Spencer Bowen and his passenger Ben Catterall after they suspected them of being involved in drug dealing earlier this year. When the plain clothes officers tried to arrest him Bowen tried to drive his car away but hit an unmarked police car almost immediately.
Bowen was jailed today but a judge gave Catterall a suspended sentence despite him admitting possession of heroin with intent to supply it. Christopher Taylor, prosecuting, said Bowen was driving his car through Kirkdale on Monday, January 13, when police pulled him over after a member of the public reported the car.
