Shocking moment biker, 21, drags brave police officer across road as he tries to arrest him over dangerous town centre wheelies
This is the shocking moment a reckless biker dragged a brave police officer across a road as he tried to arrest him.
Sergeant Tom Brookes asked Scott Ryall, 21, to pull over after he spotted him doing dangerous wheelies in Bargoed town centre in South Wales on April 8.
The biker, who had stopped at a traffic light, sped off with the policeman in tow, much to the shock of an onlooking bus driver.
After a police chase, the pair eventually crashed into a grass verge.
Now dramatic footage has emerged of the incident, which led to Ryall's immediate arrest.
The bike could be seen zooming from a side street, across an island of traffic lights and onto a main road, with the brave officer hanging off it.
The speeding driver then loses control of the motorcycle as he enters a slip road, with a Gwent Police car in hot pursuit.
Ryall then weaves between a road sign and a traffic light before clipping a bin and smashing into a grassy bank, still carrying Sgt Brookes on his bike.
The bike seen zooming from a side street, across an island of traffic lights and onto a main road
At this point, the police vehicle crosses the main road to catch up with him and assist in the arrest.
The force said: 'When [Sgt Brookes] tried to detain the rider, however, the rider accelerated, pulling the officer across the road in front of an onlooking bus driver.
'The bike ended up on a grass verge opposite the junction before Sgt Brookes arrested the rider.'
Ryall, of Blackwood, Caerphilly, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, driving while disqualified and driving without insurance at Newport Magistrates Court on Thursday.
He was handed a suspended sentence but was banned from driving for 15 months and his green Kawasaki was seized and crushed.
Speaking after the sentence, Sgt Brookes said: 'Both the rider and I were extremely fortunate that the road wasn't busier at the time.
'The defendant shouldn't have been on the road in the first place, but his reckless and thoughtless riding by pulling wheelies on a main road in a town centre put himself, officers, motorists and pedestrians at risk.
'Our neighbourhood team across Caerphilly north will not tolerate the illegal and dangerous use of off-road vehicles and continue to plan proactive operations to keep roads and rural areas safe and remove these vehicles from our streets.'
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