A spike strip was used to stop a yellow Fiesta which sped the wrong way through Newhaven’s one-way system while pursued by police.
The car was taken from an address in Eastbourne before being spotted by police in Peacehaven in the early hours of Saturday, January 11.
But when officers signalled to the car to stop, it instead drove off at high speed towards Newhaven.
Specialist officers from the Roads Policing Unit deployed a spike strip to deflate the tyres near Litlington, and the vehicle stopped shortly afterwards.
The occupants decamped from the car, with one man arrested by the vehicle, one man arrested near the A27, and a third man arrested after he was traced to a garden by PD Sonny, a three-year-old German Shepherd.
Following an investigation by Eastbourne CID, 19-year-old Reece Beresford, of St Mary’s Avenue, Hailsham, and 18-year-old Finlay Snow, of no fixed address, were charged with aggravated vehicle taking – being carried on or in a vehicle that caused property damage.
Snow was also charged with possession of a bladed article.
Both men appeared before Brighton Magistrates’ Court on Monday, January 13, where they were remanded in custody.
Beresford will next appear before Hastings Magistrates’ Court on February 3.
Snow will next appear before Crawley Magistrates’ Court on January 20.
A 19-year-old man, from Eastbourne, was also arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving, failing to stop for police, drug driving, taking a vehicle without the owners’ consent, and driving without insurance.
He has been bailed, pending further investigation.
