Swindon man jailed for 'incredibly dangerous' police pursuit with children in car
25-year-old Mohammed Yusuf Ali from Penhill reached speeds of 70 mph.
A Swindon man who led police on an 'incredibly dangerous' pursuit with four children in the car has been jailed for 14 months.
25-year-old Mohammed Yusuf Ali from Penhill reached speeds of 70 miles per hour on residential streets in Swindon last August.
Police say there was a child standing in the footwell when they eventually caught him and he tried to run off.
PC Nick Slade of the Roads Policing Unit said: “This pursuit was incredibly dangerous – high speed through a residential area across several busy junctions and through multiple traffic lights, however, when we discovered Ali was carrying four children in the back of the vehicle – one of whom was unrestrained – we were appalled.
"This shows a total disregard for their lives and simply does not bear thinking about what could have happened had other road users not acted quickly in taking evasive action. In interview, Ali fully admitted that he put their lives at risk.
"The children who were put through this upsetting ordeal will undoubtedly suffer some long term effects as a result however, I am extremely pleased that nobody was injured during the incident.
“Project Zero is a proactive operation that we run every week targeting the fatal five offences and we regularly stop drivers who are using vehicles with dangerous window tints. While this may initially seem like a minor road offence, illegal window tints may also be concealing something far more sinister inside a vehicle. This case serves to prove the importance of our work and I am pleased this has been reflected in the custodial sentence and lengthy driving ban handed out to Ali by the courts."