Driver overtook cops before leading them on high speed pursuit - it ended when he ran out of petrol

A driver overtook an unmarked police car before leading them on a high speed chase. Stefan Boeru Sorin was driving an Audi A6 along Station Road in Swinton when he was spotted speeding by officers.

Activating their emergency lights and siren, they followed Sorin, 24, indicating for him to stop.

The pursuit culminated on Manchester Road, when the Audi was caught up with by officers from the firearms unit. It later became clear that there were weapons in the car, Manchester Crown Court heard.

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Sorin, of Oldham, said the pursuit only came to an end because he ran out of fuel. Pleading guilty to dangerous driving, driving with no insurance and failing to stop, he was handed a conditional discharge.

Prosecutor Clare Thomas said that at around 3am on June 29 2022, police were on duty on Station Road in an unmarked police car when their attention was drawn to the silver Audi which ‘swiftly overtook them at high speed’.

“They attempted to stop him but the Audi failed to stop and a police pursuit ensued,” she said. “The pursuit continued along Queensway and onto Billy Lane before turning right onto Manchester Road where it was ultimately followed by the firearms unit.”

Sorin was arrested and interviewed, and admitted overtaking the car. He said he wasn’t insured and was ‘scared’ and said the car stopped before he had run out of fuel. He later failed to attend court.

Megan Edwards, representing Sorin, said her client was unable to attend court because he was detained awaiting consideration on his deportation position.

Sentencing, Judge John Potter said: “You were driving that vehicle at high speed and in that vehicle were a number of weapons.

“Possibly because