Police chase ‘a laugh’ for mentally ill man
Tuesday 8th April 2008, 2:28PM BST.
A MENTALLY ill man who skipped three red lights during a police chase was given a suspended prison sentence in the Magistrate’s Court.
Gerald Fletcher, 54, is bipolar, the modern name for manic depression. He admitted dangerous driving and failing to stop for police when he appeared in court.
His three-month sentence was suspended for two years and he was taken off the roads for three years. The court heard that Fletcher, of 2, Courtil Bris, Skins Lane, St Peter Port, committed the offences just after midnight on 26 January.
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