Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Man tries to escape police on 15mph moped

James Phillips, 22, of Southmead, used his 50cc Piaggio moped to try and escape from police through a housing estate in Bristol, but mostly only used a speed of 15 mph.

Farah Rashid, defending, said: “He panicked and behaved in a really stupid way.

“He was going to get caught. There was no excessive speed. It was only a matter of time that police would arrest him and he stopped voluntarily after some distance.

“It was, perhaps, more stupid than dangerous under the circumstances.”

Phillips was handed a nine-month prison sentence suspended for 18 months and told to complete 100 hours of unpaid work as well as a thinking skills programme.

He was also disqualified from driving for three years, ordered to take an extended driving test and pay a victim surcharge of £100.

After the court case one officer said: “You normally expect a bit of drama when the helicopter’s up and you hear there’s a chase on.

“But this was more like a guided tour. On that moped he was going nowhere fast.”


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Man tries to escape police on 15mph moped

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