‘Stupid’ man drove at police officers in bid to escape arrest

One officer had to jump out of the way when the 44-year-old man drove at police

A man who drove at police officers in a bid to escape has been jailed. Carl Scarrow, 44, was wanted by Cambridgeshire Police for driving offences when officers saw him in a black Kia at Sunrise Meadow caravan park, off Station Road, near Bluntisham, on Monday, March 2.

Scarrow reversed onto a gravel strip and into a fence. As officers approached him on foot, Scarrows drove in their direction. This caused an officer to jump out of the way. Scarrow managed to escape, but he was arrested the next day at his home in Sunrise Meadow.

Scarrow pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, driving without a licence and without insurance at Cambridge Crown Court on Friday, May 1. He was sentenced to 14 months in prison and disqualified from driving for five years and six months.

PC Chester Lewis, who investigated, said: “What Scarrow did was dangerous and stupid and could have left the officer with serious injuries.”

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