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He drove at speeds reaching 86mph on the M57 and M58, colliding with a police vehicle 31 times during the incident. Merseyside Police released footage of the pursuit.","category":"Politics","area":"United Kingdom","publishedAt":"2026-08-04T11:05:32.122Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-08-03T21:35:32.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-04T19:16:02.472Z","readTime":"2 min read","scores":null,"tags":["#UKCrime","#PolicePursuit","#MerseysidePolice","#MotorwayIncident"],"entities":["Nathan Owen","Merseyside Police","M57 motorway","M58 motorway"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["Nathan Owen, 33, was jailed for falsely claiming his Jaguar’s brakes failed during a high-speed drive on 6 March 2024.","Owen reached speeds of up to 86mph on the M57 and M58 motorways while reporting the alleged malfunction to police.","Footage from Merseyside Police shows one police vehicle being struck 31 times during the pursuit.","No centre- or right-rated outlets reported the story, according to the digests available."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Nathan Owen, 33, was sentenced for falsely reporting a brake failure in his Jaguar while driving at speeds up to 86mph on the M57 and M58 motorways on 6 March 2024. Owen contacted Merseyside Police to claim his vehicle was uncontrollable, prompting a pursuit involving multiple police cars."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Footage released by Merseyside Police shows Owen’s Jaguar being driven alongside police vehicles during the incident. One police car was struck 31 times. The force described Owen’s speeds as \"extreme\" in the digests of the reports."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"No centre- or right-rated digests carried the story. 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