A 27-year old man from Gloucestershire, appeared before Hereford Magistrates Court on Thursday, May 21st, after local police charged him with a number of offences, following a police car chase on the A40 near to Ross-on-Wye, on Tuesday, May 19th.

The man was charged with driving while being disqualified, causing actual bodily harm, criminal damage, driving dangerously, making off without payment, driving without insurance, and possessing an offensive weapon.

Enquiries into this incident are currently ongoing. If you have any information that you believe would help the police with the investigation, please call 101 and quote the incident reference number: 0623-S-190515.