Law student, 21, who led police on a 115mph chase while high on cocaine in his £20,000 BMW is spared jail as judge says he has ‘blighted any future career in law’
- Scott Dummer, 21, led police on a 12-mile chase before smashing £20,000 BMW
- He caused £7,000-worth of damage to officers’ car, Cardiff Crown Court heard
- Dummer, from Caerphilly, hit 115mph before police pushed him off road, jury told
- Dummer was slapped with nine-month suspended sentence by judge yesterday
- But University of South Wales law student told he has ‘blighted any future career’
Scott Dummer (pictured) raced officers for 12 miles before crashing his £20,000 BMW into their squad car – causing £7,000-worth of damage
A law student who led police on a 115mph chase while high on cocaine has been spared jail.
Scott Dummer raced officers for 12 miles before crashing his £20,000 BMW into their squad car – causing £7,000-worth of damage.
The 21-year-old from Caerphilly, hit a stinger before police nudged him off the road at around 4.40am.
Dummer was slapped with a nine-month suspended sentence and 240 hours unpaid work at Cardiff Crown Court.
The judge also told the University of South Wales law student he has ‘blighted any future career’ in the industry.
Cardiff Crown Court heard how police had tried to pull him over in central Cardiff on June 13, 2021.
But Dummer, who was working at Hugh James solicitors in the city at the time, accelerated away in his orange BMW One Series and the officers raced after him.
They pursed him for 12 miles at over double the speed limit and deployed stingers before they were forced to nudge him off the road.
Dashcam footage showed police pursuing him at 115mph in a 50mph section of the A470 in south Wales.
Prosecutor Nick Stobl said of Dummer: ‘He told the arresting officer, ”I am so sorry. I apologise for any injuries I have caused to you or your colleagues”.’
The student pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, drug driving and failing to stop at Cardiff Crown Court.
The judge, Recorder Paul Hopkins QC, told Dummer’s barrister: ‘I bet this is devastating for his parents.’
The 21-year-old from Caerphilly, hit a stinger before police nudged him off the road at around 4.40am
James Evans, defending, replied: ‘He comes from a very respectable family. The defendant’s mother is here today and she is a very sensible person.
‘We can come across some mothers who feel their sons can do no wrong. She is not like that at all and is very concerned today.’
Recorder Hopkins handed Dummer a nine-month suspended sentence and ordered him to carry out 240 hours unpaid work.
He told him: ‘This was a moment of madness on you part because it goes against the grain of your life so far.
‘You are in many ways a talented young man. By the skin of your teeth, I am just persuaded that your sentence will not be activated immediately.’
Dummer was also ordered to pay costs and a victim surcharge. He no longer works for Hugh James.
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