Police have mocked a drug driver after he tried to flee on foot following a excessive pace chase – sporting sliders.
Bodycam footage exhibits the second an officer armed with a taser factors the weapon at Stuart Whittaker, 40, ordering him to get on the bottom in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.
As he’s arrested and handcuffed whereas mendacity on the bottom sporting socks and the informal slip-on footwear, he’s heard to say: “I’m a f*****g fool mate.”
Cheshire Police mentioned on X Whittaker had tried to run, including: “Stuart, sliders are most likely not the most effective footwear for this.”
He was convicted of harmful driving and driving in any other case than in accordance with a licence at Chester Crown Courtroom in June and has now admitted drug driving in entrance of magistrates over the identical incident.
Whittaker, from Ellesmere Port, has been sentenced to a complete of 16 months in jail and disqualified from driving for 5 years and eight months.
He was behind the wheel of a Volkswagen Golf which reached speeds of greater than 90mph in a 30mph zone on 13 Could and went the improper manner round a roundabout.
Two days later at round 10.25pm, police chased the automotive because it reached greater than 80mph by means of 30mph zones, ran purple visitors lights and travelled by means of junctions at excessive pace.
Whittaker, who solely held a provisional licence, then fled the car as officers continued the chase on foot.
He was discovered to have 212 micrograms of benzoylecgonine per litre of blood, when the restrict is 50, and 32 micrograms of cocaine per litre of blood, when the restrict is 10.
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PC Steffan Cooling mentioned: “Not solely did Whittaker fail to cease for law enforcement officials on a number of events, however he additionally put the lives of harmless motorists and members of the general public in danger.
“He reached speeds of 90mph by means of residential areas, ran purple lights, and even went the improper manner spherical a roundabout, so it’s a miracle that nobody was injured and even worse as a consequence of his harmful actions. However his efforts to evade police had been to no avail.”