Footage shows dangerous driver who called 999 to demand police stop chasing him during pursuit

Police followed Bruce Dewey for 50 minutes in rush hour traffic

A driver who called 999 to ask police to stop chasing him during a pursuit has been jailed.

Bruce Dewey, 36, led officers on a 50-minute hunt during rush hour on February 22 in Worthing, West Sussex.

Parts of the chase were caught on video, showing the driver dodging police vehicles and weaving through oncoming traffic.

The driver was initially spotted by officers driving the blue Honda Legend in Worthing, knowing he only had a provisional licence.

Officers eventually forced him to the side of the A27, which caused damage to two police vehicles in the process.

“Dewey's actions in trying to avoid police through a busy Monday evening rush-hour could have had disastrous consequences,” said PC Peter De Silvo.

“For nearly 50 minutes he refused to stop for police units, avoided stop sticks deployed to try and burst his tyres and at one point called 999 and asked us to stop following him.”

Dewey attended Chichester Crown Court, where he pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence and driving without third party insurance.

He was sentenced to 15 months in prison, and banned from driving for three years.