Motorcyclist Jailed for Four Years After His Own GoPro Footage Proved Nearly 200mph Chase Towards Maidstone

A motorcyclist has been jailed for four years after Kent Police used footage he filmed himself to prove 21 separate counts of dangerous driving, among them a pursuit along the A20 Ashford Road towards Maidstone where he reached speeds of more than 130mph on a road with limits of 40-60mph.

At around 10.45pm on 27 June 2025, a police patrol on its way to a separate incident, lights and sirens on, spotted the rider on a high-powered Kawasaki Ninja H2R with no registration plate. Rather than pulling over, he slowed down and waved at the officers, goading them into pursuing him. They followed for a short distance as he crossed solid white lines into oncoming traffic on the blind brow of a hill, before calling it off on safety grounds and radioing for backup. Officers further along the road deployed a stinger device, which deflated his tyres and forced him to stop. He tried to run off through roadside hedges but was caught and arrested moments later.

When officers examined his phone and GoPro, they found he had been filming his own riding since July 2024, across Kent, London and Essex, at speeds of up to 189mph. The footage showed him travelling at more than double the speed limit through town centres and on motorways, pulling wheelies and undertaking other vehicles, racing at car meets, riding on a pavement and a pedestrian crossing, and running red lights - as well as the journey that ended in his arrest.

The rider, a 29-year-old from Clapham in south London, pleaded guilty to all 21 counts of dangerous driving and was sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court on Wednesday 21 October 2026 to four years in prison. The Kawasaki, bought for around £19,500, was made subject to a forfeiture order and permanently confiscated, and he will be banned from driving for ten years from the date of his release.

Investigating officer PC Daniel Goodman said officers "worked swiftly when presented with the opportunity to arrest a dangerous motorist," adding that the rider had shown "little regard of basic road safety" and "no remorse for the fact he placed his life and the lives of other road users at risk on numerous occasions." Source: Kent Police