Police dog tackles runaway driver after he climbs down drainpipe

A fugitive driver jumped out of a window to evade police before being chased and wrestled to the ground by a police dog.

Liviu Radu, 29, led officers on a high-speed chase before crashing his car and fleeing the scene on foot.

Police dashcam footage shows Radu weaving in and out of traffic as he sped through Bedworth, Warwickshire, on March 16.

He is seen running a red light before being rammed by another police car as he raced through Binley Woods.

Radu then runs across a road and into a nearby housing estate, but a National Police Air Service helicopter picked up his trail an hour later, filming him peeping through the curtains of a house off Quorn Way.

He climbs through a window on the first floor and scrambles down a drainpipe before hiding behind a bin before he walks along a pavement where he bumps into a police dog handler.

He is seen appearing to give himself up before he suddenly turns and sprints away.

The police dog is released and repeatedly jumps up at Radu, who continues to run before he is eventually tackled to the ground by the dog.

Radu, of Coventry, admitted driving without insurance, driving dangerously and driving not in accordance with a license.

He was given a 12-month suspended sentence and fined £1,500 when he appeared at Warwick Crown Court on June 21.

He was also ordered to pay a victims’ surcharge of £187, prosecution fees of £150 and banned from driving for 12 months.