DANGEROUS DRIVER JAILED AFTER TWO YEARS ON THE RUN
MAN TRACKED DOWN AND ARRESTED ON CHRISTMAS EVE
A FELTHAM man who went on the run from police for more than two years has been jailed.
Jake Bellfield, of Tilley Road, appeared at Isleworth Crown Court on Tuesday January 7, when he pleaded guilty to serious injury by dangerous driving and possession of criminal property.
The 27-year-old was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment and a four-year disqualification from driving.
The court heard that on November
9 2017, a drugs warrant was executed in Feltham and a large quantity of cash was found valued at £13,515, believed to be proceeds of crime.
Bellfield was interviewed and charged with being in possession of criminal property.
The following month, December 2017, Bellfield was involved in a road rage incident, whereby his vehicle collided with a pedestrian.
The pedestrian was left with two broken wrists and lacerations to the face.
Bellfield was charged with both offences, but then went on the run abroad and remained undetected for more than two years.
He was finally tracked down and arrested by the Hillingdon Police West Area Proactive Team 3 on Christmas Eve 2019 and remanded in custody.
PC Matt Hunt, West Area Proactive Team said: “Bellfield did his best to evade capture from the crimes that he had committed and also did not spare a thought for the pedestrian that he hit with his vehicle.
“I am hoping that the victim can now move on from this horrific incident, now he has been captured and convicted.”