'Reckless' driver jailed after dangerous chase

An uninsured driver has been jailed for "reckless" behaviour during a police pursuit.

On 7 May, Nathan Law was spotted by Wiltshire Police officers on Pathfinder Way in Melksham having failed to stop for them earlier in the day.

He made off again, leading officers on a high-speed chase during which he drove his black Vauxhall Astra at oncoming traffic and made sudden turns to try and evade his pursuers, eventually being stopped after a tactical contact from a police car.

Law, 42, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, driving while disqualified and driving without insurance and was jailed for 12 months at Swindon Magistrates' Court.

As well as the prison sentence, Law, of Lansdowne in Semington, was disqualified from driving for five-and-a-half years and ordered to pay a £187 surcharge.

At the end of the ban he will have to pass an extended driving test.

PC Ben Greening, from Wiltshire Police, said: "This was some of the most shocking and dangerous driving that I have witnessed in my 11 years of policing.

"His reckless behaviour showed absolutely no regard for the safety of members of the public and he was only brought to a halt following robust action on the part of pursuing officers."