Simon Pickard loaded the vehicle into a Ford Transit on cloned plates and tried to evade arrest, but was eventually boxed-in by three police cars who executed a TPAC (tactical pursuit and containment) manoeuvre to bring him to a halt. The 46-year-old was also already banned from driving. Prosecutor Rhianydd Clement said Pickard was seen at around 3.30pm on January 22, reversing up the track of a farm off Selby Road in Garforth, near to The Crusader pub. He was then seen to get out and load the... Read this story
