A 39-year-old Slough man has been jailed after stealing a supply van and ramming it right into a police automotive in Slough.
Jason Seagrove was sentenced to a complete of three years and 6 months in jail after being discovered responsible of harmful driving, tried housebreaking and driving with out insurance coverage following a trial at Studying Crown Court docket.
He additionally pleaded responsible to theft of a motorized vehicle and theft from a motorized vehicle.
Seagrove, of Gilliat Highway, Slough, has additionally been disqualified from driving for 41 months.
At round 4:30pm on September 2 final 12 months Seagrove walked up the driveway of a house in Langley Highway, Slough, however rotated when the proprietor moved her blinds.
A short while, on the identical highway, he jumped into the entrance seat of a van when the van driver had bought out to make deliveries.
He then drove the van by means of a crimson gentle and over a slender bridge on Middlegreen Highway – with a pursuit starting when police have been made conscious the van had been taken.
Seagrove then rammed a police automobile and fled the van when he reached Chadwick Highway.
He ran down a canal path the place he was finally arrested by police.
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Case investigator Wushma Qureshi, from Slough Precedence Crime Crew, mentioned: “It’s clear Seagrove set out that day to steal and even when deterred from the primary property he rapidly got here up with one other plan.
“Having stolen the van, he then put different highway customers in danger by driving in a totally reckless method, together with ramming a police automotive with two officers inside. Fortunately they weren’t critically injured.
“I hope that his jail sentence will give him time to thank about his atrocious legal behaviour and in addition show that Thames Valley Police won’t ever tolerate these type of actions in our communities.”
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