Wanted man jailed after ramming police and dragging officer

Summarised from 3 outlets · Updated 19 Oct, 18:27 · Archive

Ricky Patmore, 30, was jailed for a year and nine months after ramming a police car and dragging an officer with a vehicle while evading arrest in Essex.

Ricky Patmore, 30, was wanted on recall to prison when Essex Police Dog Unit officer PC Martin Swain spotted him in South Ockendon on June 14. PC Swain identified a grey MG linked to Patmore parked in a driveway. Patmore had previously been jailed in 2022 for robbery and aggravated burglary.

Before PC Swain could reach him, Patmore suddenly reversed the MG towards the officer, striking the police vehicle and causing substantial damage. PC Swain took cover, then moved to the passenger side and smashed the window to confirm Patmore was the driver. Patmore then drove across a front garden and sped away. The MG was later found abandoned on farmland by another Dog Unit officer.

A manhunt led officers from the Grays Local Policing Team and Dog Unit to Colchester, where Patmore was found sitting in a parked Ford Kuga. Despite being ordered to stop, he again drove dangerously as police tried to detain him. An officer reached through the window to remove the keys, but Patmore reversed, dragging the officer with the vehicle before crashing into a lamppost.

Officers smashed the window and used a Taser before pulling him from the car and arresting him. Patmore pleaded guilty to two counts of dangerous driving, assault of an emergency worker, and driving without a licence or insurance. He was recalled to prison and sentenced to a year and nine months at Southend Crown Court on October 9. He was also banned from driving for two years and nine months.

How it is being reported

• Violent wanted man jailed after ramming police and dragging cop with carA violent offender who rammed a police car and drove through a garden to escape arrest is back behind bars.Colchester Gazette · 19 Oct, 17:59
• Violent wanted man jailed after ramming police and dragging cop with carA violent offender who rammed a police car and drove through a garden to escape arrest is back behind bars.Echo (Basildon) · 19 Oct, 17:59
• Violent wanted man jailed after ramming police and dragging cop with carA violent offender who rammed a police car and drove through a garden to escape arrest is back behind bars.Brentwood Guardian · 19 Oct, 17:59

In this story: Ricky Patmore · PC Martin Swain · Essex Police · South Ockendon · Colchester · Southend Crown Court

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