Speeding motorcyclist caught after trying to outrun police in Nottinghamshire
A speeding motorcyclist vaulted a fence and dived over a hedge as he tried and failed to outrun the police. Joe Onley, aged 23, was spotted riding recklessly by a passing police aircraft – speeding, pulling wheelies, spinning his rear tire, and dangerously overtaking other vehicles as he raced from the Hucknall area towards Ollerton. Highly trained police pursuit drivers struggled to stay in sight of him as he drove at high speed on the afternoon of Friday 15 April last year. Initially he was unaware the police were following him, but immediately turned and sped away when he spotted a police car. Guided by the crew of the aircraft, officers finally caught up with him in the village of Kelham. He then attempted a U-turn and mounted a pavement - colliding with officers and falling from his bike at low speed. Onley, who was uninsured and riding on false plates, then tried to flee on foot – diving headlong over a fence and a hedge before running through the grounds of a farm. He was no match, however, for the National Police Air Service eye in the sky and was quickly detained by officers on the ground. Onley, of Nottingham Road, Hucknall, later admitted to dangerous driving, driving without insurance, and fraudulently using a registration mark. Appearing at Nottingham Crown Court on Tuesday he was handed a nine-month prison sentence suspended for two years. He was also ordered to complete 180 hours of unpaid work, ordered to pay £350 in costs, and was disqualified from driving for two years. Story credit: Nottinghamshire Police #motorbike #speeding #nottinghamshire Subscribe to The Telegraph with our special offer: just £1 for 3 months. Start your free trial now: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/customer/... Get the latest headlines: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ Telegraph.co.uk and / telegraphtv are websites of The Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.
