Cop dash cam shows dramatic arrest of 'absolute idiot' doing 136mph on M6 following chase
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA serial dangerous driver rammed a police car in a futile bid to evade capture during a 136 mph midnight chase on the M6. Young father, Aidan Frank Naylor, continued to drive when his tyres were deflated by a stinger.
He was finally stopped when police spun round his stolen Volkswagen Golf and an officer drew a Taser. Naylor, from Bolton, who already had two previous convictions for dangerous driving later admitted: "I was an absolute idiot." Today (Tuesday), he was given another immediate jail sentence and a seven-year driving ban.
Officers received reports of a stolen vehicle being driven south on the motorway near Carlisle late on March 28. A sergeant positioned his vehicle on a hard shoulder while colleagues lay in wait further south, near Penrith.
That sergeant then began following the Golf - driven by 28-year-old Naylor = as it passed him. READ MORE: Viral TikTok sensation Miami Crispy bosses ordered to CLOSE new shop The sergeant hit more than 100mph to make up ground on the Golf, which slowed as Naylor apparently saw marked police vehicles ahead, and then activated blue lights in a bid to stop it. "The Golf has accelerated to just under 100mph and proceeded on the M6," prosecutor Ben Stanley told Carlisle Crown Court.
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