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Watch the moment helicopter officer caught driver

This is the moment a police helicopter officer leapt to the ground and arrested a dangerous driver in a field in Northumberland.

Joshua Fellows, 26 and from Amble, had led police on a 15-minute high speed pursuit on 9 April.

After he was jailed for 10 months, Northumbria Police released footage filmed from the force's helicopter of the pursuit and arrest.

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