Jail for driver who led police on high speed chase

A driver who led police on a high-speed chase through residential streets was locked up for seven months. Jordan Pockett, 20, was spotted by police driving with no lights on Whipps Cross Road, Wanstead, east London, on 11 August. When police signalled for Pockett to pull over he ‘raced away at speed,’ Snaresbrook crown court heard. Pockett led police down tight residential streets at 50mph, swerving to avoid parked cars. He collided with one car taking its wing mirror off,…