Ben Marchant, 21, jailed after 100mph stolen-car police chase on A303 in Wiltshire

Mixed · 2Ben Marchant, 21, from Southampton, led police on a chase at around 100mph along the A303 in Wiltshire in the early hours of 21 April. 1 2 Mixed · 2He had stolen a Vauxhall Insignia in Ludgershall, and officers tracked the car to the eastbound carriageway of the A303. 1 2 Mixed · 2Police dashcam footage shows him swerving between lanes and then braking as he tried to leave the dual carriageway at a junction; the Daily Mail names it as the Barton Stacey junction. 1 2

Mixed · 2The car hit a kerb, flew into the air and came to rest on a grass verge, and officers stopped and arrested him at the scene. 1 2 Mixed · 2The Daily Mail reports that rap music could be heard blaring from his car as a policewoman handcuffed him, while the Mirror says bodycam footage showed officers pinning him to the ground; the Mirror says he was arrested on suspicion of vehicle theft. 1 2 Mixed · 2Marchant was charged with failing to stop, dangerous driving, theft of a vehicle and possession of a Class B drug. 1 2

Mixed · 2He was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment, disqualified from driving for five years and ordered to pay a £228 fine; the Daily Mail says the sentence was passed last month. 1 2 Mixed · 2PC Tom Webster of Wiltshire Police's Roads Policing Unit called the footage 'shocking', said Marchant drove well in excess of 100mph and put himself and other road users at risk, and said it made him wonder how nobody was seriously injured. 1 2 Mixed · 2PC Webster said Marchant could not control the car at that speed and crashed into a hedgerow on the slip road, and that he was pleased with the custodial sentence and lengthy disqualification. 1 2

Left · 1The Mirror adds context from a separate case, in which Luke Plumley, 27, received a suspended 10-month sentence and a two-year ban after a 165mph chase on the M56 near Chester. 2