Teenager banned from driving following two police pursuits in Cambridgeshire
18-month ban and referral to Youth Offender Panel handed down
A teenager involved in two police pursuits in Cambridgeshire has been banned from driving for 18 months.
The boy, who was 17 at the time of the incidents, caught the attention of the Rural Crime Action Team (RCAT) when he overtook officers in a damaged black Renault Modus missing a number plate and with a smashed rear window.
This first pursuit occurred on 14th February in Wisbech after the car, which was revealed through an ANPR check to be untaxed and uninsured, made off at speed.
The vehicle reached speeds of up to 60mph in a 30mph zone and overtook dangerously before the teenager exited the car while it was still moving.
Officers detained him and discovered cannabis in his possession, but he refused to co-operate with a roadside drugs test.
Despite being charged with several offences, the teenager failed to appear in court.
A second pursuit occurred on 30th March in the town of March, only three days after his original court date, during which he again fled from traffic officers before being chased down.
Appearing at Huntingdon Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, 15th April, he pleaded guilty to multiple charges including dangerous driving, driving without insurance, driving without a licence, possession of cannabis, failing to stop for police, failing to provide a specimen for analysis, and failing to co-operate with a preliminary test.
In addition to the driving ban, he received a 12-month referral to a Youth Offender Panel.
PC Brady Slack, who investigated, commented on the risks posed during the pursuits: “During these pursuits the driver reached high speeds in residential areas and put himself and other road users at risk.”