Drug driver wrote off dad’s £20k Merc

Wesley May given suspended sentence after high speed police chase

A drug driver who was high on cocaine and wrote off his dad’s £20,000 Mercedes following a police chase, has been banned from the roads for 18 months.

Wesley May, (31), was driving alongTopmoorWay,Peterborough, at about 12.30am on 14 September when officers in an unmarked car noticed he was speeding.

May turned onto Fulbridge Road where he drove at more than 60mph in a residential area with a speed limit of 30mph.

When officers turned on their blue lights, May failed to stop and continued speeding.

The pursuit ended in Central Avenue, near its junction with Eastern Avenue, when May lost control of the Mercedes E220 and collided with a street light.

The car took off, landed on its side and was so badly damaged it was a write-off.

A roadside drugs test indicated May, who was also driving without a valid licence, had cocaine in his system. He was uninjured but was taken to Peterborough City Hospital as a precaution, where blood samples were taken. These showed levels of cocaine and benzoylecgonine above the legal driving limit.

May, of Eskdale Close, admitted two counts of drug driving, aggravated vehicle taking, failing to stop, driving without insurance, and driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence.

He was sentenced to six months in prison, suspended for 18 months, and banned from driving for 18 months at a hearing at Peterborough Crown Court.

PC Leigh Fenton said: “Although the pursuit was relatively short, the speeds that May drove at were extremely dangerous and well over double the limit.

“He showed a total disregard for his own safety, as well as that of pedestrians and other road users.

“He did all he possibly could to evade the police and it was only sheer luck he wasn’t killed when the vehicle crashed.”

CCTV footage of the chase