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Police came across pursued car which crashed into country road wall A MAN with a bag of drugs in his car drove off at speed as a police officer attempted to cling to the door in a bid to remove the ignition key, a court heard. The officer lost grip and fell to the ground, suffered grazing to the palm, knee and elbow, but managed to radio colleagues asking them to look out for the grey Vauxhall Astra, driven by defendant Lee Dobbie. Durham Crown Court was told another officer, on motor patrol, spotted the Astra travelling from the scene of the earlier incident, in Perkinsville, near Chester-le-Street, towards Urpeth Grange Estate.