A man who hid underneath a vehicle in a bid to evade police has been sentenced.
Officers were alerted to a man, Patrick McCabe, being asleep in the back of his car at a petrol pump at a service station in Copthorne Common Road, Copthorne, around 8.40am on Thursday, 21 November.
Two police cars arrived on the scene, one parking behind the vehicle and one in front of the vehicle. McCabe, 24 of Croydon Road in Caterham, woke up and rammed the police car parked behind his vehicle and made off from the scene.
Officers, assisted by the police helicopter, pursued McCabe who drove with excessive speed, almost collided with a transit tipper van and even drove on the wrong side of the dual carriageway.
Watch the pursuit in full below.
McCabe was tracked driving down a pedestrian path before fleeing from the vehicle and attempting to hide underneath a car in a nearby hotel carpark. He was detained by officers and charged with dangerous driving, driving without a licence, driving without insurance and two counts of criminal damage.
The landscape gardener appeared at Lewes Crown Court on Friday, 20 December, and was given a 19-month sentence, suspended for two years, disqualified from driving for two years and 15 rehabilitation requirement days.
A police cordon has been put in place in Ifield following the discovery of a deceased male.
Police were called to the scene on at Ifield Green on Rusper Road, at 7:47am this morning, 2nd March, after a request by the ambulance service who were attending .
The deceased is believed to be a male in his later thirties to early forties.
Police said that at this time there does not appear to be any foul play and are currently treating it as a medical incident.
The large presence of emergency vehicles and personnel along with the cordon being put in place caused a large amount of speculation on social media.
Police say that enquiries are ongoing to determine the mans identity.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact the police on 101.
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