A van driver who cut-up an unmarked police car then led officers on a midnight chase through residential streets refused to take a breath test saying he had drunk "gutter water", a court has heard.
Scaffolder Richard Evans tried to run from his van after losing control and spinning 180 degrees but was knocked down after the pursuing cop car tried to block him in, suffering serious leg injuries in the process. Later blood tests show Evans was over the driving limits for alcohol and a derivative of cocaine.
Swansea Crown Court heard the pursuit happened shortly after midnight on November 1 last year when a Ford van jumped a red traffic light at the junction of Birchgrove Road and Heol Tylluan in Birchgrove, cutting up and almost colliding with an unmarked police car.
