Man tasered four times after driving at speed in Sheffield

Sheffield Magistrates' Court heard on January 16 how Nathan Campbell, aged 29, was spotted driving at speed and was pursued into a dead-end in Sheffield near Duke Street where police used a stun-gun.

Emily King, prosecuting, told a previous hearing Campbell “sought to resist arrest” so police used a Taser four times.

The defendant, of Brownberrie Walk, Horsforth, Leeds, pleaded guilty to using a vehicle without insurance and without a licence and to failing to stop for police after the incident on December 1. He admitted using a fraudulent registration mark.

Campbell claimed he had not realised he was being pursued and claimed he put his hands up and was “Tasered” for no reason.

He was fined £200 and must pay £85 costs and a £32 victim surcharge. He was disqualified from driving for 12 months.