An East Sussex man who was tasered as he tried to run away from Police after crashing his van in Knighton has been banned from the roads for 40 months.
28-year-old Ashley King, of Laughton Road in Ringmer, was pursued into the darkness by Police on 28th February this year following a collision on Knighton Shute, as previously reported by Island Echo.
King had been sat in the driver’s seat of the Ford Transit tipper van when members of the public came across the crashed vehicle at just before 19:20. However, the situation took an unexpected turn when Police and paramedics arrived.
In front of Island Echo’s cameras, Ashley King became agitated and aggressive before sprinting down the unlit road. Shouts of ‘taser, taser, taser’ were then heard as pursuing officers deployed their taser in order to stop him from fleeing into the night.
The crash at Knighton Shute came a short time after King had crashed into a wall in nearby Newchurch. It’s understood he also crashed into the grass verge several times between Newchurch and Knighton with mud thrown across the carriageway.
Ashley King, who had been on the Island for work in his capacity as a tree surgeon, was arrested and taken into custody where a blood sample was then taken. The reading was recorded as 93 milligrammes of alcohol in 100ml of blood.
Magistrates, after hearing that King had been convicted of drink driving once before, handed out a 40-month disqualification from driving and fined King £461. He was also ordered to pay costs of £85 with a £46 surcharge.
Not surprised he was running away, no tax or MoT on the van & judging by all the previous MoT fails it’s in a shocking mechanical state too.
I have no sympathy at all for idiots who drink and/or drug drive. I hope the taser hurt and you pooped yourself.
Ah that likely be the curse of Knighton Gorges sending him crazy. Should have used that as an excuse.
I suspect he is already back on the road. This sort dont really give a s++t about the law.
Another excellent job done by the IOW Police, a massive thank you to all involved in stopping this loser from potentially killing someone else. Now that non road legal van should be crushed.
Who did he kill before then ?