THIS is the moment a crazed-thug in a stolen Mustang leads cops on a terrifying high-speed police chase with a 15-year-old child in the car.
Martin Stokes, 20, drove like a maniac at speeds up to 140mph as he hurtled around a roundabout on the wrong side before charging head-on towards innocent motorists.
Shocking footage shows the American muscle car narrowly avoiding multiple head-on smashes on his rampage.
The lunatic is seen racing on the wrong side of the carriageway, forcing drivers to dodge the oncoming Mustang as it weaves between lanes.
At one point, Stokes overtakes more than six vehicles while travelling at over 100mph, with the cop car desperately trying to keep up.
He then barrels down a slip road in the wrong direction before continuing his rampage on the A420.
Stokes even repeatedly rams police vehicles in a desperate bid to escape, putting officers, other road users, the child and himself in grave danger.
Cops eventually manage to box him in near a junction outside Watchfield, forcing the Mustang to slow before they bring the terrifying pursuit to an end using tactical contact.
But even after being dragged from the car, the thug refuses to back down.
He can be heard repeatedly insisting: “I didn’t do this” before turning on an officer and shouting: “Shut your mouth you tramp.”
Stokes also tries to deny being behind the wheel, telling cops: “You are lucky that driver didn’t kill you.”
The footage then captures his continued aggression as he is placed inside a police vehicle.
As he thrashes around in the back, an officer tells him: “It is a solid metal cage mate, so there’s no point.”
The violence continues outside the station, where two officers are seen holding Stokes on the floor as he demands to be “let up with him” for a “one on one” with an officer.
He then threatens: “I am gonna hurt you when I see you next time.”
Stokes goes on to declare: “I am gonna kill ya”, before threatening to “drive a Jeep straight on top” of the cop.
He adds: “I will follow him home mate.”
The terrifying rampage unfolded at around 9pm on July 8, after officers were alerted to a Ford Mustang being driven dangerously on the M4 westbound.
When cops tried to stop him, Stokes fled, driving the wrong way around junction 15’s roundabout before heading north on the southbound carriageway of the A419.
He then exited onto the A420, where he repeatedly rammed police vehicles before officers brought him to a stop.
During the chase, he went head-on with motorcyclists, cars and HGVs, with police describing his manoeuvres as among the most dangerous they had ever witnessed.
The 15-year-old passenger was only discovered inside the vehicle after the pursuit.
Stokes was also wanted in connection with the theft of high-value items from Go Outdoors in Swindon in June.
Following his arrest, he threatened to murder officers at the scene as well as two critical care paramedics who were present.
He later admitted dangerous driving, failing to stop, two counts of assaulting an emergency worker, criminal damage, driving while disqualified, four counts of threatening to kill, using a vehicle without insurance and two theft offences.
Stokes, of no fixed address, was sentenced at Swindon Crown Court on October 16 to 32 months in prison.
He was also banned from driving for 76 months.
Temporary Sergeant Ben Greening, of the Roads Policing Unit, said: “Stokes’ manner of driving on the day in question has to be some of the most dangerous driving I’ve witnessed.
“His actions were reckless and put hundreds of road users at risk of harm. He showed no regard for the safety of anybody around him.
“His sole focus was evading police and he was prepared to go to extreme lengths to do so, including driving the wrong way round a motorway roundabout and against the flow of traffic on a busy dual carriageway, followed by repeatedly ramming police vehicles and causing injury to officers.
“The situation could very easily have had catastrophic consequences for members of the public, police officers, the child inside the vehicle or Stokes himself.”
He added: “This sentence reflects the seriousness of his offending and the significant danger he posed to our communities that evening.
“His actions were completely unacceptable and he has rightly been held accountable for them.”