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WATCH: Driver Crashes Into War Memorial As He Flees From Cops

by John Johnson
22 January 2019
in Emergency Services News, Must See Videos, Police Pursuits, Police Service
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A van thief who crashed into a village war memorial on Remembrance Day has been jailed − as West Midlands Police releases dash-cam footage (scroll down for video) showing the incredible lengths he went to in a botched bid to evade cops

Grant Gold stole the Ford Transit from Lundy View, Kingshurst, at 1 pm on 11 November last year but less than three hours later police were on his tail after the van triggered an Automatic Number Plate Recognition camera near the NEC.

Officers picked up Gold on Bickenhill Parkway and, after pulling a u-turn on the roundabout, began pursuing him on blue lights at speeds of up to 90mph.

The 27-year-old failed to stop and nearly toppled the high-sided van as he negotiated roundabouts and bends at speeds well in excess of the legal limit.

Grant Gold van thief jailed

Police dash-cam footage shows Gold career through single-lane traffic calming, narrowly avoiding other cars, and mount a pavement to avoid cars that had stopped at the scene of a crash involving a Focus ST stolen by Gold’s accomplices from the NEC.

He goes on to speed through Marston Green and at one stage goes off-road as he ploughs through a fence, over grassland and along a narrow public footpath.

But his bid for freedom came to a dramatic end when he collided with a smaller van in Station Road and − dazed from the impact − veered into the village’s war memorial.

Gold, from Skye Close in Smithswood, was arrested running away and went on to admit aggravated vehicle taking − a charge that encompasses dangerous driving − plus vehicle theft in relation to the Ford Focus ST.

And at Birmingham Crown Court on Friday (11 Jan) he was jailed for 22 months and banned from driving for three years.

Investigating officer, PC Sarah Harvey from Solihull Police’s Investigation Team, said:

“Gold placed many road users and pedestrians at risk due to the nature of his driving − it’s lucky that no-one was seriously hurt or killed.

“He admitted taking the van and dropping two unknown accomplices − who ran away from the crashed ST − at the NEC knowing they were intending to steal another car.

“However, we suspect Gold is likely to have been responsible for other car thefts and I am sure we’ll see a reduction in such offences with him behind bars.” 

A ‘relay’ device − used by crooks to steal vehicles without need for keys − was found in the crashed Ford Focus. Efforts are on-going to try and identify and catch the two other offenders who made off.

The footage not only highlights the outrageous efforts car thieves will go to in order to get away from the police, but it also shows the professional driving of highly-trained pursuit officers during such chases.

It is vital that car thieves are shown that the chances of them getting away once a police pursuit driver is behinds them are slim.

Drivers who flee from the police care only about themselves and give no regard to other road users and pedestrians.

If the police weren’t allowed to pursue such dangerous individuals, then their ability to be able to cause upset to decent and hard-working members of the public would continue unabated.

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