A man drove into oncoming traffic on one of Liverpool's busiest roads and rammed a police van during a 30 minute chase with officers.
Ryan Redmond travelled the wrong way down Edge Lane while at a "dark ebb" after splurging vast sums of money due to his gambling addiction. But the demolition man walked free from court over the shocking early hours pursuit, which also saw the police helicopter scrambled.
Liverpool Crown Court heard on Monday that police received reports of a Vauxhall Vivaro being driven "erratically" in the Kensington area at around 4.45am on June 5 this year. Redmond, from Kirkdale, drove at a police carrier before an unmarked patrol car attempted to pull him over.
