Gosport teenager who crashed van into police car following chase banned from driving

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Henry Cox, 18, attended Portsmouth Crown Court on Friday (December 8) after a chase involving police in May. Gosport Police reported on Facebook that the crash happened after Cox, of Vincent Road, was involved in a police chase along Eastbourne Avenue.

They said: "Officers pursued 18-year-old Henry Cox as he drove a Ford Transit flatbed along Eastbourne Avenue on May 6 this year, after he failed to stop. Cox, of St Vincent Road, continued to drive at speed and cut corners, before driving into the path of another police car which was travelling in the opposite direction, colliding with the vehicle and causing substantial damage. He then exited the truck on foot near St Vincent College and fled."

Henry Cox, 18, of Vincent Road, Gosport, has been banned from driving after crashing his transit van into a police car after being chased by officers. He was sentenced at Portsmouth Crown Court last week. Picture: Cesar Moreno Huerta.

Cox was charged with dangerous driving, driving without insurance, driving whilst disqualified and possession of cannabis.

He appear before Portsmouth Magistrates' Court on November 8 and was found guilty of all offences. The teenager has been banned from driving for two years and has been ordered to retake his test. Cox has also handed a two-year Community Order by court officials, where he has to complete 200 hours of unpaid work and 30 days of rehabilitation activities.

The Gosport resident was also ordered to pay GBP500.

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