Dangerous driver who damaged four police cars is jailed

Shuahan Uddin, 27, of no fixed address, was sentenced to 16 months’ imprisonment. He has also been banned from driving for four years and 11 months.

The incident began at around 09.45hrs on April 15 when a Mercedes A class, being driven by Uddin on the East India Dock Road, was flagged up as being linked to an individual known for gang activity.

Officers signalled for Uddin to stop his car but he failed to do so and a pursuit was authorised.

A number of attempts at tactical contact were made by officers to bring the Mercedes to a halt, but Uddin rammed past police vehicles on a number of occasions.

Officers eventually managed to stop the vehicle after they boxed it in against the central reservation of the M11. However, Uddin still continued to try to evade police and a Taser discharge was required to arrest him.

As a result, a total of four police vehicles were damaged as well as one belonging to a member of the public. One police officer received minor injuries.

Uddin was later found to be a disqualified driver and subject of a court order banning him from being in the front seat of a vehicle.

Police Constable Josh Haase, the officer in charge of the case, said: “Uddin was intent on evading arrest at all costs and showed a complete disregard for the safety of police officers and other road users.

“The considerable damage caused to the police vehicles means several police cars are off the road for a considerable time whilst they are repaired. This was a sustained period of dangerous driving that was extremely fortunate not to cause a serious injury so it is right that Uddin will now spend a period of time in jail.

“Road traffic officers will continue to deny criminals the use of our roads and will continue to put themselves at the forefront of protecting the public’’