Drug dealer who tried to crash police car jailed

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Mariam IssimdarNorfolk

Officers were transporting Charlie Storkey from Norfolk to Essex when he attempted to crash the car

Essex Police A police custody picture of a man with a blue towel or blanket around his neck. He has curly hair sticking up in afro style, which is short over the ears. — Officers were transporting Charlie Storkey from Norfolk to Essex when he attempted to crash the car

A drug dealer who admitted trying to crash a police car on a dual carriageway has been jailed for just over seven years.

Charlie Storkey, 21, who was understood to be handcuffed at the time, was being transported to Essex by officers in the unmarked car when it made a sudden stop on the A47 near Norwich on 6 October.

Storkey, of Beverley Road, Norwich, pleaded guilty to attempting to cause danger to road users by interfering with a motor vehicle.

He had also pleaded guilty to supplying crack cocaine and heroin. Earlier this month he was sentenced to 18 months in jail for the motoring offence and a further 67 months for drug dealing at Chelmsford Crown Court.

An unmarked police car was brought to an abrupt stop on the westbound carriageway of the A47, Norfolk Police said

Google A stretch of dual carriageway with a green road sign specifying the number of miles to a list of destinations including Ipswich. — An unmarked police car was brought to an abrupt stop on the westbound carriageway of the A47, Norfolk Police said

The police car involved was forced to make a sudden stop on the A47 Norwich Southern Bypass, between the Trowse A146 and Ipswich Road A140 junctions, Norfolk Police said in November.

Storkey was originally charged with two counts of attempted murder after the incident.

After a review of the case, a spokesperson for the Crown Prosecution Service said in November, there was "not enough evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction" for attempted murder and those charges were dropped.

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