Eastbourne man charged with driving offences

Police have charged a man following an incident in Eastbourne on Sunday 9 March.

At around 8.20pm, officers were made aware of a suspicious vehicle in the area, which they tracked to Willingdon Road.

The vehicle was pursued to Larkspur Drive in Eastbourne, where the driver of the vehicle, a black Mercedes, collided into four parked vehicles.

A taser was deployed and a man was arrested. Richard Martin, 56, from Dryden Walk, Eastbourne, has since been charged and remanded for driving whilst disqualified, possession of class A drugs, resisting arrest and driving without due care and attention.

He was remanded in custody to appear before court on Tuesday 11 March.