Teen sentenced after deliberately driving into a female police officer in Stockport

A teen who deliberately drove into a female police officer at a retail park Stockport earlier this year has been sentenced.

Harvey Bell was at a retail park on Wilmslow Road in Cheadle back on 25 January 2025 when he seriously injured a Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officer during a shocking incident – which left the officer requiring hospital treatment.

At the time, the 19-year-old from Knutsford was present while police were investigating reports of class C drug use in a car park.

Police parked in front of an Audi and the officer signalled for Bell to remain stationary and turn the engine off, but instead he reversed, and as the officer approached the front windscreen, Bell drove at the officer, knocking her to the ground.

He then proceeded to drive over her legs with both sets of wheels, before heading out of the car park at speed.

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#JAILED | A man who deliberately drove into a police officer in Stockport has been jailed.

Harvey Bell (12/08/2005) has been sentenced to 31 months in a Young Offenders Institute and was disqualified from driving for two years.

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Bell was subsequently arrested the following day and made no comment in his police interview, but then went on to plead guilty to causing serious injury by dangerous driving, as well as possession of cannabis on 27 March 2025.

The teen appeared at Manchester Crown Court this week where he was sentenced to 31 months in a Young Offenders Institute, and was also disqualified from driving for two years – which will take effect when he is released.

“What [Bell] did to me is permanently in the back of my mind, every call I go to, I feel the apprehension, the fear that any incident, no matter how innocuous it appears, can end with being assaulted or hurt,” the officer explained in a powerful victim impact statement read in court.

“This is an unseen result of Bell’s assault on me.”

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She continued: “I know that Bell’s abhorrent behaviour is an exception, and the majority of the public we serve do not wish us harm, but assaults on police need to stop. An attack on a police officer is an attack on us all.

“Bell is a danger to society and had total disregard for my life.”

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