A man has been jailed for dangerous driving, after a police chase down a quiet Bermondsey street earlier this month.
Christopher Gisanrin, 29, was sent to prison for six months after pleading guilty at Bromley Magistrates Court to driving a motor vehicle dangerously, failing to stop, driving with no insurance and driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence.
Gisanrin, who lives on Marden Square, also had his licence suspended for 27 months and was ordered to pay £154 in costs.
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It came after a dramatic police chase on Sheppard Drive in the early evening of Thursday July 14, reported on by the News.
Police said Gisanrin and a passenger (a man aged just 18), did not stop when they signalled for them to do so on Bush Road, near Surrey Quays station, at about 5.10pm.
Officers say the car drove west, coming into Sheppard Drive, a quiet residential street, where children are usually playing, pursued at speed by several police cars.
They reached the cycle path at the junction with Rossetti Road, which is blocked off by bollards. Police say the two men jumped out, chased on foot by officers, and were caught and brought back in handcuffs.
Officers said they found cannabis and cash in the car. The eighteen-year-old was arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply Class B drugs, taking and driving away, dangerous driving and failing to stop. Both men were taken to a south London police station. Gisanrin was charged with the driving offences and the younger man was released under investigation pending further enquiries.