BMW driver proves chivalry’s dead and abandons girlfriend after police chase
A judge told a driver who clocked 107mph in a police chase that his decision to flee the car and abandon his girlfriend was ‘not very chivalrous’.
Peter Davies had taken his partner for a romantic seaside drive in North Wales in his £30,000 BMW, when police spotted he was doing 50mph in a 30mph zone.
The 29-year-old was also straddling two lanes and officers suspected he was drink driving.
But instead of stopping, Davies led police on a six-mile chase, hitting 107mph, before fleeing the car to leave his girlfriend to face officers on her own.
Appearing at Mold Crown Court yesterday, Davies admitted dangerous driving and failing to supply a specimen of breath and was jailed for 32 weeks.
Judge Timothy Petts said he was lucky not to be facing more serious charges.
He added Davies’s decision to abandon his girlfriend in the car was ‘not very chivalrous’ and that he was ‘no gentleman’.
Prosecutor Amy Edwards said police spotted Davies in Rhyl, Rhuddlan, St Asaph and Denbigh, at 12.40am on May 14.
Miss Edwards said: ‘He got out and ran away, leaving his girlfriend in the passenger seat.
‘Later he came back, having changed clothes and was arrested.’
He refused to give a sample of breath to police twice, the court heard, and answered no comment to questions.
Ember Wong, defending, said Davies had been ashamed of driving so ‘stupidly’. As a result he ‘panicked’ when he saw police.
She added he works hard as a plasterer and has ‘glowing’ references.
In addition to his prison sentence, Davies was disqualified from driving for four years.
He also received a 16-week extension on the disqualification and was ordered to take an extended retest.
On Monday an 18-year-old died after failing to stop for police before crashing into a taxi on a moped.
The teenager was on the moped when he was asked to stop for two marked Met Police motorbikes on Tottenham Court Road in London at around 6.45am.
Police watchdog, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has launched an investigation into the circumstances of the crash.
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