Overview

• At a July 4 hearing, 26-year-old Callum Hickman pleaded guilty to dangerous driving after leading police on a high-speed chase in August 2024.
• Judge James Newton-Price described the pursuit as terrifying and sentenced Hickman to 14 months in prison, disqualifying him from driving for 43 months with an extended test requirement.
• Prosecutors said Hickman reached up to 90mph on Medina Way, crashed into vehicles and street furniture, and abandoned his Citroën C3 near Curry’s Roundabout.
• Newly released CCTV and civilian dashcam footage shows him driving the wrong way on the dual carriageway, weaving through traffic and cutting a roundabout to evade officers.
• Hickman’s record includes 41 convictions for 125 offences, including two prior dangerous driving convictions, and his defence highlighted his remorse and clean record since February.