A former Premier League footballer ploughed into a car and fled the scene after leading police on a dangerous chase in his Range Rover.
Gary Madine, who starred in the English top flight for Cardiff City FC, behaved in a "ridiculously stupid" manner after cops turned up following reports of an early hours disturbance in Gateshead.Shortly before 2am on April 3, officers responding to complaints about a group of men in a Range Rover arrived to find colleagues speaking to a man, before the vehicle appeared, driven by Madine, Chronicle Live reports.
Mark Atkins, prosecuting, told Newcastle Crown Court: "The vehicle began to make off and ignored instructions by the police to stop.
The police officer got into his car and followed the defendant and activated his blue lights and siren."During the police pursuit, he drove dangerously.
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