Dramatic moment car thief weaves through traffic before FLIPPING VW Golf during high-speed police chase
- Hamza Javed, 20, stole four cars during a two-day crime wave in Birmingham
- He acted as a lookout while two other criminals burgled homes in the city
- Police saw Javed and two other men try and escape after crashing their car
- Javed was jailed for five years and three months by Birmingham Crown Court
This is the moment a car key burglar gets instant karma when his getaway car flips over during a high-speed police chase.
Hamza Javed, 20, stole four cars from the driveways of houses across Birmingham on two consecutive nights.
Dramatic dash-cam footage shows the moment Javed and two other criminals were caught by police following a night-time chase.
West Midlands Police followed a VW Golf driven by Hamza Javed, 20, that he sole from a home in Birmingham
Hamza lost control of the car which collided with several parked cars
Hamza and two accomplices tried to run from police after crashing the VW Golf in Birmingham
Hamza was acting as a lookout while his two accomplices forced their way into a family’s home in Erdington, Birmingham on August 18 last year.
While the family, including their children, slept upstairs the gang stole thousands of pounds worth of jewellery before stealing a black VW Golf and a Mercedes.
The next night the trio broke into a house in Hall Green at 2am and stole a purse and keys before stealing two Mercedes from the driveway.
An hour later the VW Golf the gang had stolen from the night before which they used in the Hall Green raid, was spotted by traffic police.
PCs Richard Adams and Lewis Millington-Moss pursued it as it weaved dangerously in and out of traffic.
Footage captured the moment the car crashed into an oncoming vehicle and flipped onto its side.
Hamza Javed, 20, from Birmingham, was jailed for five years and three months at Birmingham Crown Court having admitted two counts of burglary
The thieves fled the scene and Javed and his accomplices were caught nearby.
Police found the two stolen Mercedes key which linked them to the burglaries.
Javed, of Birmingham, admitted two counts of burglary and was jailed for five years and three months at Birmingham Crown Court on February 16.
Detective Constable Karen Kirman, of West Midlands Police, said: ‘It’s thanks to the quick response of our officers, who remained alert and vigilant in the early hours, that a swift arrest was made and a dangerously driven car was stopped before anyone could get hurt.
‘This was down to good communication between our constables, including noting the car used at the crime scene and our patrol car picking it up.
‘We arrested another man in relation to the burglaries, he has been released pending investigation and our enquiries into the third male continue.’