POLICE captured the shocking moment a Woodley driver attempted to 'ram' into a police car on the A14.
Mitchell Dickenson, 31, has been jailed for 20 months and disqualified from driving for 26 months for the incident which happened on November 24 last year.
Ipswich Crown Court heard that police were called by a member of the public who reported that a Land Rover Freelander was being driven ‘erratically’ on the A14 eastbound near Woolpit.
Response officers were dispatched and located the vehicle approximately 10 minutes later near junction 50 at Stowmarket where it appeared to be stationary with its hazard lights on.
It then began to pick up speed but was indicating left as if to pull over to the nearside, so the police car – which was marked and had its blue lights illuminated – pulled alongside the Land Rover, at which point Dickenson swerved his vehicle towards it in an apparent attempt to ‘ram’ the police car.
A second attempt was made to pull over Dickenson but swerved towards them again and tried to force the police car into the central reservation.
He later crashed and was arrested by police.
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