Overview
- Joseph Sharpes, 22, swerved into a marked police car on Crewe Road in Haslington on June 7 during a welfare response concerning him.
- Court reporting states the vehicles struck head-on at an estimated combined speed of about 80 mph.
- The two officers and Sharpes were taken to hospital with serious injuries, and he was arrested at the scene and kept under arrest while treated.
- At Chester Crown Court, Sharpes pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm with intent, causing serious injury by dangerous driving, actual bodily harm, drug driving, and cocaine possession.
- He received a 54-month prison sentence on November 17, and police released dashcam video showing the swerve to address misleading online commentary.