Shocking moment biker yob drags hero cop down road after fleeing during arrest for doing wheelies in town-centre
SHOCKING footage shows the moment a biker yob dragged a hero cop down the road as he tried to arrest him for anti-social riding.
Sergeant Tom Brookes asked Scott Ryall, 21, to pull over after he spotted him doing dangerous wheelies in Bargoed, Wales, on April 8.
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Sergeant Tom Brookes was clinging onto the side of Scott Ryall's bike after he sped off without warning
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Sergeant Brookes clung on for dear life as the bike raced away
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The pair then collide with a grassy verge and the pursuit ends
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But Ryall then attempted to flee from being detained in the town centre with the policeman in tow.
The bike could be seen zooming from a side street, across an island of traffic lights and onto a main road as shocked onlookers watched on.
Dramatic video shows the officer clinging on for dear life as he was dragged across a main road.
Ryall then lost control of the motorcycle as he enters a slip road, with a Gwent Police car in hot pursuit.
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The speeding biker then weaves between a road sign and a traffic light before clipping a bin.
Footage then shows the two men and the bike crashing to the ground on a grass verge in chaotic scenes.
At this point, the police vehicle crosses the main road to catch up with him and assist in the arrest.
Gwent Police said Ryall had been spotted riding dangerously and pulling wheelies when Sgt Brookes got out of a marked police car and asked the biker to pull over.
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The force said: "When he tried to detain the rider, however, the rider accelerated, pulling the officer across the road in front of an onlooking bus driver.
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"The bike ended up on a grass verge opposite the junction before Sgt Brookes arrested the rider."
Ryall, of Blackwood, Caerphilly, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, driving while disqualified and driving without insurance at Newport Magistrates Court.
He was handed a suspended sentence but banned from driving for 15 months.
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His green Kawasaki was seized and crushed.
Speaking after the sentence, Sgt Brookes said: "Both the rider and I were extremely fortunate that the road wasn't busier at the time.
'The defendant shouldn't have been on the road in the first place, but his reckless and thoughtless riding by pulling wheelies on a main road in a town centre put himself, officers, motorists and pedestrians at risk.
'Our neighbourhood team across Caerphilly north will not tolerate the illegal and dangerous use of off-road vehicles and continue to plan proactive operations to keep roads and rural areas safe and remove these vehicles from our streets."
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