Disqualified driver filmed leading police on 90mph chase - with two kids in car

30 August 2023 , 14:06

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Disqualified driver filmed leading police on 90mph chase - with two kids in car

A man who led police on a 90mph chase while he had two young children in his car has been banned from the roads.

Adam Clark failed to stop for police as he was leaving Alvechurch village on May 26. As officers took chase, the 37-year-old drove dangerously through a built-up residential area for four miles, a court was told.

Clark, a disqualified driver who was not insured, reached speeds of 90mph in a 40mph zone, overtaking on solid white lines towards oncoming traffic and driving the wrong way around roundabouts. He failed to stop until the car's tyres were stung with a police stinger.

Adam Clark has been banned from driving (West Mercia Police)

Clark eventually fled from the vehicle into a cul-de-sac where he was arrested. Once the vehicle had stopped, it was revealed Clark had three passengers in the vehicle with him, two of whom were young children.

The vehicle he was in had been stolen from Merry Hill earlier that month and was displaying false plates, according to West Mercia Police.

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In interview, Clark denied being in the vehicle and denied having any connection to the other occupants but did agree that the driving was 'terrible'. However, at his trial at Redditch Magistrates Court on July 18, he pleaded guilty to charges of dangerous driving, failing to provide a specimen, using a vehicle without motor insurance, and driving while disqualified.

A screenshot of the incident earlier this year (West Mercia Police)

Sentencing was referred to Worcester Crown Court due to the seriousness of the offences. He was sentenced on August 18 to 12 months in prison for dangerous driving, one month concurrent for failing to provide a specimen, four months in prison consecutively for driving while disqualified (a total of 16 months) plus his driving licence was endorsed for driving a motor vehicle without insurance.

He was disqualified from driving for 67 months - four years and 11 months with an extension period of 8 months.

Antony Clements-Thrower