Disqualified driver jailed after dangerous pursuit ends in crash

An 18-year-old man has been jailed after a dangerous pursuit through Hardwick ended with a car crashing into the side of a house.

Police were on patrol on the evening of 10 November when they spotted a Ford Focus parked up with multiple people inside with no insurance or tax.

As officers approached, the driver, Fabio Sanches-Kuiper sped off, leading police on a pursuit through built up estates, across a park and a pedestrian footpath.

The car eventually lost control on a bend, colliding with the side of a house and a parked car in Ashmead Drive.

Sanches-Kuiper, of Dovecote Avenue, Great Cambourne, ran from the vehicle along with others, leaving the car in gear.

He fell while attempting to flee and was arrested at the scene. Further checks revealed he was already disqualified from driving following a previous pursuit in July.

Video footage of the pursuit and arrest can be viewed on our YouTube channel.

At Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday (12 November), Sanches-Kuiper pleaded guilty to failing to stop, dangerous driving, driving without insurance and driving while disqualified.

He was sentenced to a year in prison and disqualified from driving for a further two years.

PC Chris Cooke, from the Road Policing Unit, said: “This was an incredibly reckless act that could have had devastating consequences for his passengers and members of the public. We’re thankful that no one was seriously injured.”