A Bristol man who led police on a pursuit before heading into oncoming traffic on Hengrove Way has pleaded guilty to several motoring offences.<\/p>\n
Sonny Kennedy, 21, from Hellier Walk, Hartcliffe, appeared at Bristol Magistrates\u2019 Court on Wednesday 23 July.<\/p>\n
He pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, failing to stop for a police officer, for driving a motor vehicle otherwise than in accordance with a license, and for using a motor vehicle on a public road without third party insurance.<\/p>\n
Road policing officers saw Kennedy on a Husqvarna motorbike, which was reported stolen earlier this month, on Winterstoke Road and he failed to stop, before a pursuit took place on Monday 21 July.<\/p>\n
Kennedy rode the wrong way around a roundabout at Hengrove Way and headed into oncoming traffic before he crashed after swerving to avoid a vehicle.<\/p>\n
Officers aborted the pursuit due to the dangerous manner Kennedy was riding, and neighbourhood officers arrived at the scene of the collision and arrested him after administering first aid.<\/p>\n
He was interviewed, charged, and remanded in custody until his court hearing.<\/p>\n
Kennedy has been further remanded into custody until sentencing at Bristol Magistrates\u2019 Court on Tuesday 12 August and he has been given an interim disqualification from driving.<\/p>\n
\nSgt Darrell Boothroyd said: \u201cHe is a prolific offender who has gone to extreme measures to evade arrest.<\/p>\n
\u201cKennedy put his own life and the lives of innocent members of the public at risk with his dangerous and reckless actions which he has now pleaded guilty to.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe hope us pursuing this through the courts provides reassurance to the public that we take offences like this incredibly seriously.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are committed to protecting the public from people like Kennedy and ensure justice is served against them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Bristol man who led police on a pursuit before heading into oncoming traffic on Hengrove Way has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288062,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-288061","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114908568194313594","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}