Adam Evans (Image: North Wales Police)
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A 31-year-old man who led officers on a dangerous pursuit through residential streets – at times veering onto the wrong side of the road – has been locked up for 17 months.
Adam Evans, of Princes Drive, Colwyn Bay, was told by a judge at Caernarfon Crown Court that he had “come to the end of the road” as she refused to suspend his latest prison term.
Sentencing
Judge Nicola Jones handed Evans a total of 17 months in prison, with half to be served behind bars and the remainder on licence. She also imposed a 44-month driving disqualification and ordered that he must pass an extended retest before getting behind the wheel again. A statutory surcharge was also applied.
Explaining her decision, Judge Jones said: “I am not going to suspend your sentence, because in my judgement, you are not capable of rehabilitation, because you have breached previous orders of the court.”
The pursuit
Prosecuting, Jemma Gordon told the court that Evans had already failed to stop for officers earlier on the evening of March 26 this year. When police attempted to pull him over a second time while he was driving a Toyota Yaris on the A55 near Colwyn Bay, he accelerated away.
Officers drew alongside his vehicle, but Evans left the dual carriageway and began driving at high speeds through residential roads, at points crossing onto the opposite side of the road. At one stage he came close to colliding with another car. A passenger was also in the Toyota at the time, Ms Gordon said.
The pursuit came to an end when Evans attempted to drive through a coned-off area. Officers used their vehicle to bring the Toyota to a stop. Evans then resisted arrest and had to be tasered.
Criminal record and guilty pleas
Evans admitted dangerous driving, failing to provide a specimen, resisting a police officer, and driving while disqualified and without insurance – all relating to March 26, 2026. He also pleaded guilty to a separate charge of failing to provide a specimen on February 19, 2026. The court heard he claimed to have a “needle phobia.”
At the time of the March offences, Evans was already banned from driving until August this year.
The court was told he had amassed 19 convictions for 30 offences, including previous motoring matters such as drug driving and resisting a police officer. On January 3, 2024, he had also admitted possessing a class A drug, battery, and breaching a restraining order – receiving a 14-month sentence, suspended for two years, in June that year. He went on to breach that restraining order just three months later and was given a further month in custody, suspended for two years. His latest offending placed him in breach of both suspended sentences.
Defence arguments
Sarah Yates, representing Evans, told the court her client had entered early guilty pleas. She said he had ADHD and autism, and that he had acted impulsively, leading to what she described as “disastrous consequences.”
A pre-sentence report indicated his behaviour had improved when he was given structure and additional support, and that things had progressed positively after a curfew was imposed in March. Ms Yates added that Evans was looking to find employment and suggested he could benefit from a stringent community sentence package.
