Man who drove wrong way on M6 and swam across canal to escape police jailed
David Houghton drove the wrong way down the M6 motorway twice while being chased by police
Cheshire Police said officers followed David Houghton across the county in the early hours of 6 April before he abandoned his van and jumped into the Manchester Ship Canal to try to escape.He was jailed for 16 months at Chester Crown Court on Thursday. He initially pulled off the motorway on to the A57 roundabout and appeared to stop before speeding off, the spokesman said.A police dashcam captured Houghton's van doing a U-turn off a slip road and driving in the wrong direction on the M6
Followed by officers, Houghton continued to drive down the A50 towards Warrington at high speed before turning on to Thelwall Lane, a dead-end road.
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