Great footage, looks like snow though!
A MAN from Penrhyn Bay has been sentenced following a police pursuit where he decamped and was later found thanks to drone footage.
Robert Yates, 29, appeared before Mold Magistrates’ Court this week, where he pleaded guilty to failing to stop, driving without due care and attention, and driving without insurance.
He must now pay a total of £506 in fines and costs and was given nine penalty points on his license.
During the early hours of Saturday, April 2, an officer was on patrol in Colwyn Bay following reports of anti-social behavior in the Abergele Road area.
The officer’s attention was drawn to a grey-colored BMW that was driving toward him without any headlights.
The BMW turned onto Woodland Road East, where the officer activated his blue lights and the BMW failed to stop.
A pursuit was declared, and the BMW drove along Woodland Park onto The Old Highway before turning into Nant y Glyn Road
At the time, it was traveling well in excess of 50 miles per hour in a 30mph zone.
Yates’ manner of driving – via residential streets at speed and with no lights – was described by police as “appalling”.
The BMW then crashed through a hedge into a field and continued driving before crashing through another fence bordering woodland. The driver then decamped.
An officer from North Wales Police’s Drone Unit arrived and used a drone equipped with thermal imaging.
Within minutes, it found a man in the field immediately on the opposite side of the woodland.
The man, who thought he’d escaped, continued along the tree line, where he was then met by officers and was arrested.
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