Man sentenced for 130mph police chase from Newmarket
The 23-year-old was 14 times over the drug-driving limit when he led police on a pursuit
A suspended prison sentence has been handed to a man from Bedfordshire following a high-speed pursuit from Newmarket on 12 October 2019.
At around 9.15pm a marked police car attempted to follow a black Volkswagen Golf suspected to be involved in criminal activity on the A14.
The suspect vehicle immediately began driving in excess of 100mph, and soon the police car was traveling over 130mph just to keep the VW in sight.
It then entered onto the A11 and continued at speeds between 120mph and 130mph as it passed through Six Mile Bottom and the Wilbrahams, before leaving at Fulbourn.
The vehicle was then found collided with a barrier at the top of the off-slip from the A11, where officers arrested driver James Nagy.
The 23-year-old, of Peck Court in Barton-le-Clay, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, two counts of drug driving (cocaine and cannabis), possession of a weapon for the discharge of a noxious liquid, possession of cocaine, and possession of cannabis.
Nagy was sentenced to 10 months imprisonment, suspended for 18 months for dangerous driving, and 20 weeks imprisonment, also suspended for 18 months, for drug-driving.
He was also disqualified from driving for 12 months, had his licence endorsed with nine points, and will have to take an extended re-test, complete 120 hours of unpaid work, take part in 35 days of rehabilitation activity and pay a total of £400 in fines.
PC George Laflin, of the Roads and Armed Policing Team, and who pursued Nagy, said: "James Nagy was already risking the lives of other road users the moment he got behind the wheel of the car with that truly frightening amount of cocaine in his system, not to mention the cannabis also present.
"To then drive at speeds in excess of 130mph, in what were wet road conditions, is both dangerous and reckless beyond belief. It is extremely fortunate that no one was harmed as a result of his mindless actions that night.
"Drug/drink-driving is one of the fatal four main causes of serious or fatal collisions and we will continue to identify those who would jeopardise the lives of others with their selfish actions and remove them from our roads."