Disqualified driver jailed 20 months for ramming police car in Peterborough

Bilal Dawlatzai, 25, was sentenced to 20 months in prison after crashing into a police vehicle in Peterborough, injuring two officers.

Peterborough man jailed after ramming police car, two officers hurt

Ca.news.yahoo.com reports that a 25-year-old man has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison after deliberately driving his car into a police vehicle in Peterborough, injuring two officers.

Bilal Dawlatzai struck the police car with his blue Vauxhall Astra on 20 April, as Cambridgeshire Police officers attempted to stop him in Orton Malborne. Officers had received information that Dawlatzai was a disqualified driver with a history of dangerous driving.

The collision left both officers with minor neck, shoulder and back injuries.

At Huntingdon Law Courts on Wednesday, Dawlatzai admitted a string of offences: dangerous driving, failing to stop for police, driving while disqualified, criminal damage, two counts of assaulting emergency workers, and failing to provide or comply with a roadside drink and drug test. He was sentenced to 20 months in prison and banned from driving for 52 months.

Detective Constable Joshua Crown said the case was "a great example of teamwork between officers and CCTV operators to locate and coordinate the stop on Dawlatzai."

Crown also commended the officers involved. "I would like to commend the officers who put themselves at risk to stop Dawlatzai — it may be seen as just doing their job, but no-one should have to suffer injury in the workplace," he said.

Source: Google News CA — Crime (EN)