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POLICE CHASE DANGEROUS DRIVER UP MOTORWAYS TO WALSALL AFTER HE STOLE PHV AT GATWICK
Police have released footage from the night a Walsall man took an unattended PHV from an airport and led officers on a high-speed around the country on motorways:
https://youtu.be/QF9FSLqqLyU Mohammed Ahmed led police on a pursuit along the M6, M25 and M40, reaching speeds in excess of 130mph, and also drove
into
cordoned-off areas with roadworks in order to evade officers. Despite losing a tyre to a police stinger device, he continued to drive away at speeds over 100mph. But the 24-year-old was tracked by the National Police Air Service helicopter who informed Thames Valley and Warwickshire Police.
He drove into a cul-de-sac in Walsall and was arrested. Following an investigation by Gatwick CID, Ahmed was charged with aggravated vehicle taking and dangerous driving. Ahmed, unemployed of Walsall, appeared at Lewes Crown Court for sentencing on August 4. He was disqualified for 18 months, and was ordered to complete 150 hours of unpaid work as part of a 14-month suspended prison sentence. The court also ordered him to complete 15 RAR sessions, pay £850 compensation to the taxi driver as well as £425 court costs and £187 victim surcharge. The court was told the incident
happened on September 17 last year outside the South Terminal. One taxi had declined to take him, footage showed Ahmed approach the driver’s
side of another
unattended parked Mercedes PHV. The owner had gone inside momentarily to collect a fare, and had left the keys in the ignition. Ahmed took the vehicle, and later attended the victim’s address to discard ID documents before driving off at speed. Officers from Surrey and Sussex Roads Policing Unit were alerted to the vehicle on the M23 and attempted to safely stop Ahmed. But he drove dangerously, swerving in the road and reaching dangerously high speeds as he drove onto the M25 around London. The NPAS helicopter tracked the vehicle from the M25 to the M40, then on into the Midlands and onto the M42 and M6. Ahmed reached the A34 and was still driving at speeds of 70mph in a 30mph zone, going the wrong way around roundabouts, through red lights, and on the wrong side of the road into oncoming traffic. Speaking after the case Det Insp Darren Lillywhite said: “Ahmed’s driving was so reckless that police were
not able to continue
pursuing him because of the risk it posed to other road users and officers. Our colleagues from NPAS tracked him, and fortunately our colleagues from Warwickshire Police RPU were able to catch him and make the arrest. “Ahmed is very lucky not to have caused serious harm to either himself, our officers, or other road users. His driving was appalling.”
28 SEPTEMBER 2023 PHTM
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