Police responded swiftly after receiving a tip-off that a registered child sex offender was out and about on the roads driving while disqualified in the Durham area.
The information was passed on to Durham Police’s motorcycle section which deployed an officer to search the area.
Within a short time the eagle-eyed officer located the offender’s car parked at a gym car park.
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Despite the torrential rain, the officer kept monitoring the Peugeot 360 and the vigilance paid dividends, as the offending driver emerged and drove off in the car.
A swift pursuit followed and after the officer’s “blues and twos” were deployed, the suspected banned driver was stopped and immediately admitted the offence.
The car was seized and the offender will now go through the court process for his alleged motoring misdemeanour.
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