A teenager who was involved with a "professional and sophisticated" gang which stole cars from across south Wales went on the run from police for 15 months, a court has heard.
Despite apparently remaining in Swansea during his time at large, Leo Bailey avoided being arrested for more than a year until the car he was travelling in crashed, and police were called to the scene. A judge has said he wants an explanation from a senior officer as to why police seemingly did "little or nothing" to find the defendant during his time on the run.
Bailey has now been locked up, not only for the part he played in the car theft operation but for dangerous driving - an unelated offence which saw him almost knocking down a dog walker while racing along a footpath on a moped - and for skipping bail and disappearing.
