WATCH: Dramatic footage shows high-speed police chase in bid to catch criminal

Yahoo

11-04-2025

Dramatic footage has been released showing disqualified motorist Timothy Taylor leading police on a high-speed chase.
The 32-year-old from Newport drove recklessly through built-up areas in Caerphilly county, including Risca and Cross Keys, in February this year.
He was behind the wheel of a red Ford Fiesta, making dangerous manoeuvres, and overtaking other vehicles with oncoming traffic approaching.
He mounted a kerb to avoid a police stinger set to deflate his tyres.
Gwent Police footage of Timothy Taylor dumping his car (Image: Gwent Police)
❗This is the moment a disqualified motorist drove a red Ford Fiesta at high speed through built-up areas and took a roundabout on the wrong side of the road. 🤝 Gwent Police and the National Police Air Service (NPAS) worked together to bring the suspect to justice. 👇 pic.twitter.com/qciCfAEQYN
— Gwent Police (@gwentpolice) April 10, 2025
Footage from a police helicopter shows him driving round a roundabout on the wrong side of the road.
A police helicopter tracked his movements while members of Gwent Police's Roads Policing and Specialist Operations (RPSO) unit also pursued him.
Taylor eventually abandoned his vehicle in Risca.
The helicopter directed officers on the ground to a Tesco store where Taylor was found hiding and was arrested.
At the time of his arrest, he was found with three bags of cocaine on him.
A passenger was in the car with him during the chase.
Taylor has 22 previous convictions for 41 offences, including three previous dangerous driving charges.
He also has a conviction for possessing an offensive weapon after he was found with a knuckle duster with a retractable dagger in March 2024.
(Image: Gwent Police)
He has never passed a driving test.
This year, he admitted to dangerous driving, driving while disqualified, and driving without insurance.
He also pleaded guilty to possession of class A drugs, handling stolen goods, and a burglary offence in Dewstow, Monmouthshire, on December 1, 2023.
Newport Crown Court heard that Taylor stole £300 in cash from a house in Caerwent, leaving a DNA trace at the scene.
Taylor, of St John's Terrace, Crosskeys, was sentenced to 32 months in prison and disqualified from driving for 34 months upon his release.
He was also ordered to pay a £228 victim surcharge.
PC Aimee Rees, the officer in the case, said: "The NPAS footage of Taylor's driving is extremely shocking to view, especially when you consider the speeds he reached in built-up areas.
"Taylor was aware he was driving whilst disqualified and his willingness to engage in such risk-taking to try to evade detection is something that caused us great concern.
"His actions on that day could have had tragic consequences given the lack of care for the safety of others and himself. It is by sheer luck only that nobody was injured during this spree of utterly reckless and dangerous driving by Taylor.
'Bringing the defendant to justice was a team effort and, with overwhelming evidence against him, Taylor had no other option but to plead guilty to the offences he faced in court.'