Sheriff of Pottingham! Pub Pool Player Makes Winning Shot As Stolen Car Smashes Through Window. This skilled pub pool player showed nerves of steel by making his winning pot at the moment a stolen car smashed through the window behind him at high speed. Patrons at The Lockside pub in Worksop, Nottinghamshire were enjoying a battle on the baize when a high-speed police chase was happening on the road outside. The dangerous driver whizzed through a junction outside the pub, having reached speeds of up to 110mph in a bid to escape pursuing police before he lost control of the vehicle. Stunned customers were drinking and playing pool when the Landrover Discovery smashed into the window. Yet the unnamed pool player was unperturbed as he put away the black ball for victory just as the driver, Jamie Kettle, 37, veered off the road and smashed the window. Kettle then ran off after the collision and waded into a canal in an attempt to avoid capture but he was swiftly located by specialist dog officers and arrested. The shocking incident happened on the night of 27 March 2023. Kettle, of Thoresby Close, Harworth, was subsequently charged with aggravated vehicle taking, dangerous driving, driving while disqualified and without insurance, criminal damage to the pub, and two counts of theft from a shop. He pleaded guilty to the offences and appeared at Nottingham Crown Court for sentencing on Friday 8 December 2023.
