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Dashcam Shows Officer’s Life-Saving Intervention During 160mph Motorway Pursuit

Footage released this week captures the moment a Warwickshire officer wrestled Patrick Connors away from live traffic following a February high-speed chase.

Overview

  • Patrick Connors was sentenced at Mold Crown Court this week to three years in prison and disqualified from driving for 60 months after admitting multiple offences.
  • He pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, failing to stop, acquiring criminal property, driving while disqualified and providing false details after using at least 17 aliases to evade arrest.
  • Police dashcam footage released by Warwickshire Police shows an officer grabbing Connors’s shirt, wrestling him to the ground and handcuffing him as he attempted to flee onto a live carriageway.
  • The February 19 pursuit along the M1 and M69 saw his BMW reach speeds exceeding 155mph while running a red light, driving on the hard shoulder, brake-checking police and attempting to ram a patrol vehicle.
  • Officers had been following Connors because he was wanted for failing to appear in court over 2024 fraud charges in Wrexham, North Wales.