Derby Crown Court jailed Jack Vickrage for 14 months on 27 October 2026.[1] The 28-year-old admitted dangerous driving, driving while disqualified, drug-driving and cannabis possession.[2] He was charged with dangerous driving, driving while disqualified, drug-driving and two counts of cannabis possession.[1] The 14 months comprised 12 months for dangerous driving plus two months for breaching a suspended sentence, with concurrent terms for disqualified and drug-influence driving.[3] The sentencing judge called dangerous driving the most serious offence.[3] He was also banned from driving for 28 months and must pass an extended re-test before driving again.[3]
Officers first spotted the disqualified Vickrage driving a black Ford Transit van on Nottingham Road in Ripley just before 2pm on 17 July.[1] He refused to stop and sped without indicating into Porterhouse Road in the built-up area.[1] Trapped in the Stenson Court dead end, he reversed at speed into wooden gates and fencing.[1] He then appeared to drive forward toward the police car blocking the van.[1] Officers arrested him at the scene after a roadside drugs test indicated cannabis.[3] Officers found three exhibits of green herbal substances in his car.[3] While on bail, he was stopped again on 2 October driving in Horsley Woodhouse.[3] He told officers he had been waiting for police and had cannabis in the vehicle.[3]
On 3 November Derbyshire police uploaded a TikTok showing officers chasing the black van through residential streets to a GTA6 soundtrack song.[2] The edit added GTA6 interface, a three-star wanted level and a minimap tracking the escape until police intercepted him.[2] Police captioned that he could have waited weeks for GTA6 but will now spend release day in prison.[2] Police said it happened in a built-up area with other vehicles and pedestrians while he was under the influence of illegal drugs.[1]
