High-speed chase leads to Dewsbury Hospital

James Ramsden was tailed by police after he was spotted speeding on the A62 Leeds Road from Birstall just before 2am on April 19.

The 27-year-old broke the speed limit, drove on the wrong side of the road and ignored red traffic lights before driving into the grounds of Dewsbury and District Hospital. A police helicopter was called to help officers catch him after he abandoned his Skoda Octavia.

Ramsden, of Quarry View, Dewsbury, was caught a short distance from the grounds.

Vanessa Schofield, prosecuting, told Huddersfield Magistrates Court: “There were a number of vehicles and people around at the time. He was a danger to the public.”

Ramsden admitted charges of dangerous driving, driving while disqualified and using a vehicle without insurance last Friday.

Magistrates heard that he committed the offences while on prison licence.

In September 2011 he received a prison sentence following a dangerous driving conviction.

Ramsden was remanded until May 24 when he will be committed to crown court for sentence.