Telford drug dealer who was tasered after ramming armed response police cars at petrol station before trying to flee is jailed
A drug dealer who had tried to flee from police by ramming two police cars before “taking to his heels” and being tasered, has been jailed for more than three years.
Dreece Bateman, aged 30, of Meadow Close in Telford was arrested in Donnington on Sunday, October 26.
Shrewsbury Crown Court heard on Tuesday how Bateman was pulled over by two armed police response police cars at the Walkers Clock Service Station in Donnington at around 11am.
Ms Cally Keenan, prosecuting, told the court that police were initially respond to reports of a man in the area, believed to be in possession of a knife.
Get the latest headlines delivered straight to your inbox with the Shropshire Star’s free newsletter
She said one of the police cars pulled in front of Bateman’s grey Ford Kuga and the other behind.
