High-speed police chase across Angus left motorists in fear of fatality

Terrified motorists caught up in a highspeed police chase in rural Angus feared someone was going to be killed.

One woman was scared she was going to be “taken out” during the chase on Monday night.

Luis Hill, 22, from Kemsley Place, Forfar, appeared from custody at Dundee Sheriff Court on Tuesday and admitted driving dangerously, while disqualified and without insurance in the chase across Angus.

The incident, which unfolded on streets and roads in Letham and Friockheim as well as various other locations, saw Hill chased by police as he sped away in his black VW Golf.

Witness Claire Mcdonald from Arbroath said: “I nearly got taken out in this chase.

“I really thought they were going to hit me.

“I was terrified that the chase was going to end up killing someone or injuring them.”

Ms Mcdonald had been returning to Arbroath from Forfar with her seven-yearold daughter Aleisha in the car.

She said: “I was coming round the bend after passing Murton Farm on my way back to Arbroath from Forfar and as I approached I could see flashing blue lights but didn’t expect to turn the corner and see the police car into my side of the road.

“It looked like it was trying to overtake the black Golf or force it back on to the right side of the road so as to avoid me.

“However, they were so close together that I thought they were going to hit me or the police car was going to hit the Golf.”

Ms Mcdonald said she was forced to slam on her brakes and tried to move into the side.

“I was so thankful no one was behind me,” she said.

“If I’d maintained my speed I’d have hit them.

“My daughter was crying in the back she’d got such a fright.”

Another witness, Neil Madge, said: “I came out of the Lochead Farm road along from Forfar golf course and the car was on the other side of the road being chased.

“Another 10 seconds and it would’ve hit me.”

Other local residents reported the cars “flying” past their homes in Friockheim, Letham and on the outskirts of Forfar at speeds of around 60mph.

One said it “could have ended in disaster”.

A Police Scotland spokesman said: “Around 6pm on Monday April 19, a black Volkswagen Golf failed to stop when signalled to by police on Auldbar Road in Letham.

“Officers pursued the vehicle until it came to a voluntary stop on a single track road off the B961 near Friockheim in Angus.”

Hill also admitted driving on the A926 between Forfar and Kirriemuir – and on the latter town’s North Mains Road – on January 30 while disqualified and without insurance.

Sheriff Alison Michie released Hill on bail and he is scheduled to be sentenced on May 20.

DANGEROUS DRIVING: Luis Hill was apprehended by police after a high-speed chase.