A drug-dealer whose car crushed a police officer into a fence, causing fractures to her leg and knee, has been jailed for 12 years and nine months.
Stafford Crown Court was told Pc Claire Bond feared for her life and those of runners taking part in a nearby 10-kilometre road race, as she was thrown to the ground by banned driver Gurajdeep Malhi's rented BMW.
Malhi, 26, was jailed by the Recorder of Stafford, Judge Michael Chambers QC on Monday and was also handed a nine-year driving ban.
The court was told Malhi crashed into a garage and other vehicles and then tried to flee from a patrol car in Stafford last September, while on licence for committing a similar offence.
Prosecutor Stuart Clarkson said cocaine with a street value of more than £2,000 was found in the BMW after Malhi was picked up by his partner Lucy Bullmore, who drove dangerously in a Range Rover as he threw child seats at pursuing police vehicles.
Pc Bond, aged 47, was trapped against a fence, dragged along for around six feet, and then thrown to the ground, moments after she had attempted to grab the keys from Malhi's BMW.
In a victim impact statement read to Stafford Crown Court, the mother-of-four, who is awaiting further surgery, thanked Pc Dave Mullins for pulling her to safety.
Looking up towards the dock, where Malhi appeared in a blue suit, white shirt and yellow tie, the officer added: 'Now I have to bear the burden of the aftermath of your selfish decisions.'
But the officer added: 'Better me than 20 runners with 20 families like mine. I believe it was luck that I did my job that day, otherwise you could be sitting through 20 statements just like mine.'
Malhi, from Stafford, pleaded guilty at previous hearings to causing grievous bodily harm with intent to resist arrest, dangerous driving, driving while disqualified, and conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.
Bullmore, 31, also from Stafford, was jailed for two years for charges of conspiracy to supply cocaine and dangerous driving.
