Jordan Barron, 24, had been beforehand disqualified from driving thrice
A Tredegar man took police on a ten minute lengthy chase earlier than crashing right into a police automotive and attempting to run away. On March 29, 2025, Jordan Barron, 24, was travelling from the Dyfed-Powys space to Gwent when his automotive was noticed by police and a pursuit ensued.
Anisha Rai, prosecuting, confirmed Cardiff Crown Courtroom dashcam footage from a police automotive which revealed a ten minute lengthy police chase the place the Ford Fiesta driver saved on driving regardless of his tyres being broken by a police stinger.
Footage confirmed the automotive going the unsuitable method round roundabouts, mounting kerbs and bollards, carelessly overtaking different vehicles, failing to cease at a purple mild and driving on the unsuitable aspect of the street.
Different automobiles needed to swerve out of the best way to keep away from being hit as Barron struggled to regulate the automotive after the tyres had been slashed. Don’t miss a court docket report by signing up to our crime e-newsletter right here.
In direction of the tip of the video, the Ford Fiesta may be seen getting into an industrial property the place it goes around the roundabout the unsuitable method and collides with a police automotive.
Barron can then be seen operating out of his automotive and a brief on-foot chase ensues earlier than he’s arrested.
Ms Rai instructed the court docket that when Barron was arrested police discovered he solely held a provisional driving licence. Barron then admitted that he was conscious he was being adopted by law enforcement officials and knew he did not have insurance coverage, claiming it was “too costly”.
Ms Rai referred to as it a “lengthy, persistent and deliberate case of harmful driving”.
Jeffrey Jones, representing Barron, defined how his consumer suffered with studying disabilities and described him as somebody who had “difficulties dealing with his feelings”. He added that Barron was deemed unfit to work resulting from his psychological well being points and defined that he “accepts how silly he was”.
Mr Jones additional defined that his consumer was nonetheless younger and had two youngsters who he noticed weekly.
Barron, of Peacehaven, Tredegar, has 12 earlier convictions for 17 offences and has undergone three durations of driving disqualification since 2016.
He admitted harmful driving, failing to cease and driving and not using a licence or insurance coverage.
Choose Wayne Beard stated: “This was an prolonged interval of driving the place you took dangers with the automobile after a stage of management had been decreased.”
The decide gave him an 18 month group order which is able to embrace 26 periods and ten rehabilitation requirement days. Choose Beard additionally ordered him to pay £414 and disqualified Barron from driving for an additional 18 months.
