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Video: Police pursue stolen Jeep over turnip fields and mud

A 100mph-chase takes an unexpected turn as a runaway 4×4 leads officers through mud and across turnip fields in tonight’s brand-new Police Interceptors.

PC Lisa Desantis and Sergeant James Carrington were called to assist with reports of an ongoing chase involving a Jeep Cherokee being driven dangerously in the Bothamsall area.

Another unit had previously spotted the car speeding along Retford Road and into Haughton.

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Officers were close behind and tried to pull it over, but it soon took off along an unlit dirt track near West Drayton before merging onto the A1.

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The pair joined the pursuit on the A1, along with other tactical pursuit cars and the chase soon reached speeds of 100mph.

With officers closing in, and desperate to get away, the driver suddenly turned off the A1 just before a slip road, going through a hedge, over a ditch and into fields.

Having lost the car for a short time, the team brought in the force of the police helicopter and soon enough it was spotted abandoned with all its doors open in a field near to the Rushley Sidings railway crossing in Old London Road.

Four men were also seen walking away from it.

Lisa and James were directed to the car and four men close by and soon after they were arrested on suspicion of failing to stop for police and dangerous driving.

However, it was never able to be proven who was the driver.

Thomas Doyle, 27, of Manton Crescent, Worksop, Billy Bradford, 19, of Dukeries Crescent, Worksop, Connor Edmund, 24, of Dukeries Crescent, Worksop and Daniel Taylor, 29, of Shrewsbury Road, Worksop, were subsequently charged with failing to provide the details of who was at the wheel.

They were all fined £120, given six points on their licences and ordered to pay a £34 victim surcharge and £85 in court costs when they appeared at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court on 26 January 2021.

PC Desantis was at the wheel during the 25-minute chase, which began at around 1.25am on Friday 13 November 2020.

“This type of driving that we saw could easily put lives at risk, excessively speeding and taking sudden turns into unlit and difficult terrain.

“Our sheer determination, advanced driver training and having the advantage of specialist support such as the dogs and the helicopter will always give us the edge when it comes to stopping those who put road users at risk.

“Even though it was the early hours of the morning and a quiet time, there was a very real possibility of them becoming a danger to themselves and to others,” she said.

“We had to use every bit of our concentration when the chase took us through the fields. It was slippy, pitch black and there were many obstacles to try and avoid so it definitely put our advanced driver training to the test.

“This was a great bit of teamwork between a number of different units on the road and in the air to make sure we didn’t lose the car for too long, even when the chase took us onto difficult terrain.

“It’s great that we’re able to show this teamwork in tonight’s episode and we hope this serves to show that we will join together and use every available resource when needed to keep Nottinghamshire’s roads safe.

“As police officers, our main priority is to keep the public safe and it is reassuring to see that, even though it unfortunately couldn’t be proven who was driving at the time, the car was stopped and the men have been brought before court.”

The episode goes from four wheels to four legs as a suspected getaway driver tries unsuccessfully to outrun police dog Morse – and a few ounces of cannabis in a car leads to a multi-thousand-pound haul being found by the knife crime team.

Catch all of this and more on Channel 5 at 8 pm.

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