Van driver Paul Dei-Rossi, 31, rammed into a police Land Rover several times, causing £17,000 worth of damage, before leading officers on a short chase from Newton to Great Shelford, reports the Belfast Telegraph.
Dei-Rossi was suspected of driving while disqualified and pursued by police after their automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) alerted them to his vehicle.
The incident was captured on an officer’s head cam.
After seriously damaging the police vehicle, Dei-Rossi and his passenger Alex Winsor, 33, abandoned the van to flee on foot.
Dc Martyn Willis said: “The police vehicle was new on the road and the damage caused was extensive, which the judge clearly took a very dim view of.”
Dei-Rossi admitted to dangerous driving, criminal damage and driving whilst disqualified at Cambridge Crown Court and has been sentenced for two years and three months as well as being banned from driving for six years.
Winsor received a total fine of £200 after admitting to possession of cannabis and cocaine.
