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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Dianne Bourne

Sheep farmers help police herd suspects in tractor and quad bike across country fields

A police chase ended up at a sheep farm in rural Cheshire - and the quick-thinking farm team leapt to assist with herding up suspects. Pye Ash Farm in Bosley, near Macclesfield, has a large sheep herd, and farmer James Gilman is an award-winning sheepdog trainer.

James was working the fields in his tractor when the police chase began across the farm property. The drama unfolded on Sunday afternoon, with a police pursuit that started on the A34 in Wilmslow.

Cheshire Police say two cars failed to stop at Maclean Way in Wilmslow, so police continued in pursuit for around 10 miles until the cars were "made to stop" near the Bosley crossroads at the junction of the A54 and A523. Police say a number of men then "made off" from the vehicles into the rural countryside around.

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