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Dangerous driver found hiding in bush after leading officers on pursuit through Carlton and Mapperley streets

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A dangerous driver was found hiding in a bush after leading officers on a pursuit through residential streets in Carlton and Mapperley.

AJ Davidson, aged 26, was spotted in Westdale Lane, Carlton, behind the wheel of a van that was believed to have been fitted with false number plates.

He was followed a short distance before he was instructed to stop shortly after 6pm on Saturday evening (29 June).

Davidson then sped away along Roseleigh Avenue in Mapperley and reached speeds of more than 50mph as he raced through surrounding streets – passing straight through give way junctions and recklessly overtaking other vehicles.

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He then cut across a grass verge in Foxhill Road East before abandoning the vehicle outside the Tesco superstore.

Davidson fled from the vehicle with another man who was immediately detained.

Officers initially lost sight of him but soon found him hiding in a bush thanks to a tip-off from a member of the public.

He initially denied being the driver of the vehicle but later pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, driving whilst disqualified, and failing to provide a specimen of breath.

Davidson, of Millers Green, Nottingham, appeared at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court on Monday (July 1) and was jailed for six months.

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No action was taken against the other man.

PC Cara Allsop, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “This was an extremely dangerous display of driving that could easily have resulted in serious injury or worse.

“By driving through residential streets at such high speed, Davidson – a man already banned from driving – showed a chilling disregard for the safety of other road users and pedestrians.

“However, thanks to some excellent work by the officers involved he was left with little choice but to plead guilty.”

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