A car ended up crashing after a high speed chase by police. The driver had been spotted acting suspiciously in Rossett before the two-mile pursuit partly on country lanes.
Elliott Matthew Gibson, of Pen Y Bryn in Wrexham, had been under the influence of cannabis at the time, Mold Crown Court heard when he was sentenced last Thursday, as reported by NorthWalesLive.
The 19-year-old was told by a judge he was lucky not to have killed anybody as he was spared jail. Video footage was played to the court which showed Gibson driving off down Darland Lane, near Pulford, when the police switched on their blue lights.
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Speeds of up to 60mph were reached as he raced through the village in an effort to escape, prosecutor Alexandra Carrier told the court.
Now the Crown Prosecution Service has released footage of the pursuit along the B5102 as a police officer gives a running commentary to his control room.
It shows how the driver eventually stops the car at night and one male jumps out. Then the motorist drives off again before they crash into a hedge.
The pursuit began after Gibson - who was 18 at the time and did not have a full driver's licence - was spotted "acting suspiciously" late at night on March 8 this year in the Rossett area of Wrexham.
He caught the attention of the police when he was seen in the car park of the Nags Head, near Pulford, with his silver Fiat Punto and was thought to be under the influence. A two-mile-long car chase followed, and during this, Gibson had turned off his headlights and also made a number of dangerous manoeuvres.
Elliott was charged with dangerous driving, failing to stop, driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence, driving without insurance and drug driving. He was also charged with possession of cannabis.
Judge Nicola Saffman said that Gibson's honesty, as well as giving up cannabis since that night, were "just enough" to narrowly convince her to suspend Gibson's 16-month sentence at a young offenders for the next 18 months.
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