Men charged after crash

THREE men from Coventry have been charged after a smash in Nuneaton left a car on its roof.

A grey VW Golf had been pursued by unmarked police cars in the moments before it collided with two others cars and then flipped over on Hinckley Road last Thursday.

The driver of the Golf had to be cut free by firefighters and was taken to hospital, along with two other people from the same car.

A spokesman for Warwickshire Police said that they have charged three men in connection with the crash and also an alleged burglary at a house in Woodcote Avenue, Nuneaton, earlier the same day.

Jack Andrew Moreton, 25, of Donnington Avenue, Coundon, was charged with house burglary and theft, dangerous driving, driving without insurance, aggravated vehicle taking and driving while disqualified.

Darryl Andrew Brown, 26, of Omar Road, Stoke, and Rhys Edward Moreton, 22, also of Donnington Avenue, have both been charged with house burglary and theft, and aggravated vehicle taking.

Jack Moreton was also charged with conspiracy to possess a firearm with intent to endanger life, burglary dwelling and theft, conspiracy to steal, possession of a prohibited firearm, possession of a shotgun without a certificate, two counts of receiving stolen goods, assisting an offender who was unlawfully at large and two counts of theft of a motor vehicle.

These alleged offences all occurred between December 2016 and June 2017 in Coventry, Shrewsbury and Yorkshire.

All three men appeared at Warwickshire Magistrates’ Court on Saturday and Jack Moreton was remanded into custody to appear at Warwick Crown Court on October 19.

Rhys Moreton and Brown were both bailed with conditions to appear at the same court on the same date.

The incident, which left Hinckley Road closed for a number of hours, was referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission by Warwickshire Police as is normal procedure.