Drug dealer who drove Land Rover along railway track while fleeing police jailed for 10 years
Kieron Francis drove the stolen car on to the railway tracks at Cheshunt to escape police
He had previously pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, driving while disqualified, two offences of criminal damage, unlawfully driving on the railway tracks, assaulting an emergency worker and abandoning the Discovery. He also admitted having no insurance. He tussled with one officer who tried to stop him driving off. He reversed, causing the officer to roll away, and crashed into other cars, before driving off towards the town's railway station.
Defending at St Albans Crown Court, his counsel Chantel Gaber said: "He has mental health and learning difficulties. He suffers anxiety and depression and is in constant pain after an accident."
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