Banned driver jailed 19 months after Goole chase; cannabis and ketamine seized
Jack Wilks, 21, of Kelleythorpe near Driffield, was jailed for 19 months at Hull Crown Court after a late-night police chase ended in a dead end in Goole. Police found cannabis valued at £225 and ketamine in the car, and Wilks admitted wounding a police sergeant, dangerous driving and possessing the drugs.
Jack Wilks, 21, of Kelleythorpe near Driffield, East Yorkshire, was jailed for
19 months at Hull Crown Court.[1]He was arrested on 25 November 2025 after
failing to stop for police at Holme-on-Spalding Moor, south of York.[2]Police
charged him with inflicting grievous bodily harm without intent, dangerous
driving, driving without insurance, driving while disqualified and possession
with intent to supply a Class B controlled drug.[2]
He drove at 50mph in a 30mph limit, through red lights and on the wrong side of
the road before stopping in a dead end in Goole.[3]In the car police found
108 grams of ketamine worth £2,160 and cannabis valued by police at £225, the
court heard.[1]A police sergeant was left with a 3cm wound near her right
eyebrow that needed 10 stitches, and permanent facial scarring.[1]
Wilks admitted wounding the officer, dangerous driving, driving while
disqualified, having no insurance and possessing ketamine and cannabis, pleading
guilty on the day of a scheduled trial.[1]He was banned from driving for
three years and must pass an extended retest before he can drive legally again.[3]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Sentenced
1
Prison
19 months
Value (official estimate)
GBP 225
Agency type
Police, Court
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Possession
Setting
Vehicle
Charges
wounding; dangerous driving; driving while disqualified; having no insurance; possessing ketamine and cannabis
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Open questions the AI reported
No weight is given for the cannabis, only a police valuation of £225, so no kg_seized figure is recorded.
It is not clear from the reporting which drug the initial possession with intent to supply charge referred to; at sentencing he admitted simple possession of ketamine and cannabis.
The sentencing hearing date is not stated; the fuller Hull Live report was published on 4 November 2026 and the shorter summary on 8 November 2026.
His address is given as Kelleythorpe near Driffield, while the driving and arrest took place in Goole, where sentence is recorded.
Callum Roper, 22, of Holton Road, Barry, was jailed for 30 months at Cardiff Crown Court after admitting offences involving the supply of cannabis and magic mushrooms. He pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of both drugs between 3 December 2025 and 14 September 2026 and had been remanded in custody awaiting sentence.
Bolton Crown Court sentenced seven members of three linked drug gangs that trafficked cocaine and cannabis between Manchester, Stoke-on-Trent and North Wales. Five men received prison sentences of up to eleven and a half years, while two couriers received community orders and two leaders await later sentencing.
Daniel Thompson, 36, was found with 8,223.6 grams of cannabis resin, valued at up to £35,950, when officers searched a house on Moss Side Lane in Rixton in July 2023. Chester Crown Court gave him a nine-month prison sentence suspended for 12 months and 100 hours of unpaid work after he admitted possessing the resin with intent to supply and possessing cocaine.
Sentenced 1Cannabis 8.2236 kgPrison 9 months suspended for 12 months
Bradford Crown Court jailed Alfie Leahy, 21, for five years and Connor Broadbent, 26, for three years and four months over drugs found when police raided two homes in the Holmewood area at dawn on 17 July 2026. Cannabis was seized at a Grayswood Crescent address and cocaine, cash and jewellery at Dawson Street; police put the total street value of the drugs at more than £22,000.
Charged 2Prison 5 years (Leahy); 3 years and 4 months (Broadbent)
