{"id":383417,"date":"2025-08-29T21:12:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T21:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/383417\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T21:12:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T21:12:18","slug":"pair-hurled-missiles-and-shone-lamp-at-police-officers-during-120mph-m4-chase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/383417\/","title":{"rendered":"Pair hurled missiles and shone lamp at police officers during 120mph M4 chase"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘From what was a routine traffic stop this turned into one of the most dangerous experiences of my career’<\/p>\n

16:06, 29 Aug 2025Updated 16:08, 29 Aug 2025<\/p>\n

\"CustodyTwo men have been jailed after high-speed police chase on the M4 in south Wales(Image: Wiltshire Police)<\/p>\n

Two men have been sent to prison following a high-speed chase on the M4<\/a> in south Wales.<\/p>\n

The chase included a high-powered lamp, which was shone in the eyes of pursuing officers, and missiles were thrown from the car, Bristol Live<\/a> reported. An officer involved in the incident described it as “one of the most dangerous experiences of [their] career”.<\/p>\n

Officers spotted Jordan Jones, 26, of Cormorant Way in Duffryn, Newport, speeding on the M4 westbound near junction 18 at 1am on December 22, 2024. He was driving a grey Vauxhall Astra while disqualified and without insurance. For the biggest stories in Wales first sign up to our daily newsletter<\/a> here.<\/p>\n

The court heard Jones failed to stop for officers and led them on a pursuit at speeds of up to 120mph. The court also heard he was repeatedly driving his vehicle towards the officers and almost caused multiple collisions.<\/p>\n

Throughout the pursuit Jones’ passenger Lloyd Davis, 23, of Bedwas, Caerphilly<\/a>, repeatedly shone a high-powered light into the windscreen of PC Hobbs, and when parallel directly into his eyes as well as throwing missiles from the vehicle.<\/p>\n

The pursuit ended near junction 23 for Magor in Monmouthshire<\/a> due to an engine failure of Jones’ Astra and both were arrested.<\/p>\n

Jordan Jones was charged and pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, driving without insurance, and driving without a licence.<\/p>\n

In a hearing at Newport<\/a> Crown Court on Tuesday he was jailed for 16 months and disqualified from driving for four years and two months.<\/p>\n

Lloyd Davis was charged with causing danger to other road users, aiding and abetting dangerous driving, and obstructing a police officer. He was jailed for nine months and a further three years and nine months for drugs offences relating to a Gwent Police<\/a> investigation.<\/p>\n

Roads policing officer PC Hobbs said: “From what was a routine traffic stop this turned into one of the most dangerous experiences of my career.<\/p>\n

“Having a light that was so powerful shone directly into my eyes, heating my face, while pursuing a fleeing vehicle was a challenge.<\/p>\n

“Thanks to my training and desire to keep the public safe, with the support of my colleagues, we brought this pursuit to a safe conclusion and both individuals were arrested.<\/p>\n

“The sentencing for both the driver and passenger are a fair reflection on the dangers they posed to other road users and I hope it stands as an incentive for others not to be so reckless.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"‘From what was a routine traffic stop this turned into one of the most dangerous experiences of my…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383418,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[748,30,188,4884,15063,682,16365,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-383417","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-courts","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-gwent-police","13":"tag-m4","14":"tag-monmouthshire","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115114118116226127","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383417","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=383417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}