A police officer was injured when a drink driver reversed his tipper truck at his car during a police chase.
James Lee was already banned from the roads when he got behind the wheel of the Ford Transit Tipper. Officers tried to pull him over near the travellers' site in Birtley, Gateshead, where he was living but he refused to stop, sparking a pursuit.
A court heard he swerved across the road, went round the wrong side of a roundabout then reversed at speed for 20 to 30 metres towards the police car. The officer managed to reverse, avoiding a collision but when Lee pulled the same trick soon afterwards, the policeman reversed into another police car as he took evasive action.
