Road policing officers were patrolling Worksop at 9.15pm on New Year’s Eve when they saw a car speed past them.

After driving to the right of a keep-left bollard, the vehicle then turned the wrong way up a road and nearly hit a member of the public.

This reckless manoeuvre prompted officers to switch on their blue lights and order the man behind the wheel – Charlie Francis – to pull over.

Despite this, Francis continued to drive at double the speed limit and was seen to mount a kerb before coming to a halt in Priorswell Road.

Far from coming to a stop, the driver put his vehicle into reverse and rammed the police car behind it multiple times – damaging his vehicle in the process.

Francis then sped away and made several more attempts to ram the pursuing officers, who managed to box the vehicle in.

At that point, the 35-year-old got out and tried to flee but didn’t get far before he was caught soon afterwards.

A breathalyser test would later show that Francis was nearly three times over the limit for alcohol, while he was also driving while disqualified.

Francis went on to plead guilty to charges of dangerous driving, drunk driving, driving while disqualified, and driving without the correct insurance.

Appearing at Nottingham Crown Court for sentencing on Tuesday (13 February), he was handed a 20-month prison sentence.

Francis, of Garside Street, Worksop, was also banned from driving for four years and 10 months.

He will then have to retake his driving test at the end of this period.