Man jailed after high-speed police pursuit in Craven
It happened in April 2020.
Last updated 6th Dec 2021
A 23 year-old man's been jailed for a year after a police chase in Craven.
It happened in April 2020 - when Jacob Walsh failed to stop for officers near Hellifield.
He reached speeds of up to 110mph in a 30mph zone and also hit another vehicle during the pursuit, which lasted for 20 minutes.
Walsh ran off on foot from the scene of the collision, before being caught by North Yorkshire Police officers and arrested.
He was arrested and later charged with dangerous driving, drug driving, fraudulently using a registration mark, using a vehicle without insurance and driving without a licence.
On 3 December 2021, he was jailed for 12 months, disqualified from driving for 18 months and ordered to pay a victims surcharge of £149.
PC Chris Howarth, of North Yorkshire Police’s Operational Support Unit, said: “This was a shocking case of dreadful driving. Walsh showed absolutely no regard for the safety of other road users that day. The consequences of his actions were bad enough – and if it were not for the fact that there were only a few vehicles on the road due to the tight lockdown restrictions at this time, the outcome could have been even worse.”