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A MOTORING menace drove directly at an unmarked police car after performing a sudden 180-degree U-turn but swiftly conceded when detained that he had been “an idiot”. Carlisle Crown Court was told of 36-year-old Robert David Ashbridge’s “appalling” rap sheet, of his first driving offence at the age of just 13 and that he had never passed a test. But on the night of November 3, seeking to make a quick profit on a Vauxhall Astra amid repeated demands from bailiffs, Ashbridge got behind the wheel again in Cleator Moor. This was seen at 10.40pm by uniformed police officers inside an unmarked patrol car who heard the Astra being revved. It approached from behind, coming within a foot of the vehicle before pulling into the opposite carriageway and overtaking at 50mph in a 30mph zone.
A MOTORING menace drove directly at an unmarked police car after performing a sudden 180-degree U-turn but swiftly conceded when detained that he had been “an idiot”. Carlisle Crown Court was told of 36-year-old Robert David Ashbridge’s “appalling” rap sheet, of his first driving offence at the age of just 13 and that he had never passed a test. But on the night of November 3, seeking to make a quick profit on a Vauxhall Astra amid repeated demands from bailiffs, Ashbridge got behind the wheel again in Cleator Moor. This was seen at 10.40pm by uniformed police officers inside an unmarked patrol car who heard the Astra being revved. It approached from behind, coming within a foot of the vehicle before pulling into the opposite carriageway and overtaking at 50mph in a 30mph zone.