Driver screamed for help after high-speed car chase

A FATHER left a motorist “screaming for police” after a high-speed pursuit fuelled by “hunger” and tiredness, a court has heard.

Former John Lewis employee Mohammed Sheikh, 27, has been described as acting like an “American-style police officer” after pulling dramatically in front of a car after a bout of road rage.

On Friday Cardiff Crown Court heard that Sheikh had been fasting during Ramadan in May last year when he became “irritated” by a fellow motorist on Shirley Road and Lake Road West in Cardiff.

The father of one then began a “high” speed chase, before ordering the motorist out of the car and “kicking” the vehicle.

Sentencing Sheikh, Judge Geraint Walter said: “You pulled in front of the car pretending to be some sort of American-style police officer.

“I do not understand what possessed you to do that.”

The court heard that Sheikh was found guilty of affray, dangerous driving and causing criminal damage by a jury at Swansea Crown Court earlier this month.

Judge Walter said: “You heard the 999 tape to police where the witness was on the phone screaming for police.”

Christopher Rees, defending, said Sheikh, of Brandreth Road, Cardiff, had lost his job at the department store as a result of the incident.

During a pre-sentence report Sheikh was described as “tired and hungry”.

Mr Rees said: “He is the sole provider. He lives with his wife and child in the family address owned by his elderly parents.”

Sheikh was given a sixmonth sentence suspended for a year. He was also ordered to undertake 180 hours of unpaid work and pay £250.