A dangerous driver was chased by police through five villages in Nottinghamshire with speeds reaching up to 95mph. Ondrej Kralik, who was driving a Kia, was pursued for ten minutes before crashing into another car in Southwell, allowing officers to arrest the 30-year-old.
The pursuit began when officers spotted him mount a grass verge as he recklessly overtook another vehicle on a roundabout along Old Rufford Road, Calverton. Upon nearing the Kia Ceed and police activating blue lights and sirens, Kralik increased his speed and failed to stop.
The chase saw Kralik and police also whiz through Farnsfield, Edingley and Hallam - footage of which was played to Nottingham Crown Court. It came to an end when Kralik's car became wedged between a BMW and a sign post in Queen Street, Southwell.
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The court heard the pursuit happened on September 28, 2022 – just six days after he committed another motoring offence that resulted in a £656 fine and his driving licence being endorsed with six points. His sentencing took place on Tuesday, March 21, where a judge heard he had no previous convictions and committed the offence at a time when he’d gone “off the rails”.
Sentencing Kralik to ten months in prison, suspended for two years, Judge Nirmal Shant KC told him: “This was a particularly bad piece of dangerous driving over a sustained period of time. I have no doubt that you only stopped because you tried to go the wrong way down a one-way route and collided with a vehicle.
“It’s only luck rather than good judgement that you didn’t cause a serious injury to someone else.” In addition to the suspended prison sentence, Kralik, of Worksop Road, St Ann’s, was also ordered to carry out 150 hours unpaid work and disqualified from driving for 18 months.
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