While Bedford pursued them, Wright drove slowly through the No Entry sign but stopped at the top of the slip road and decided to turn around and go the correct way along the dual carriageway, said Mr Medland. Medical sales rep Heather McVeigh, of Abergele, was on her way home from Southampton. As she came up Aston Hill she reduced speed and was about to change lanes. She said: "I saw a car coming towards me in the same lane I was travelling in - a white Cavalier with its lights on. I swerved to avoid the car which was coming quickly. I looked up and in another second there was a police car with its blue lights on. "I considered my time was up, but it was not my time to die." The court heard how Ms McVeigh later felt very angry towards Bedford but accepted he was "trying to do his job". PC David Platt, a Class 1 police driving expert and firearms officer, was driving home after his shift when he noticed the blue flashing lights near the Alltami slip road with the A55. At first he assumed they were on the opposite side of the road, but then realised they were coming towards him on the same carriageway. When he saw the Cavalier he had to brake and swerve. He guessed the police Focus was about 50m behind. He rang the control room and demanded Bedford stop the pursuit. In an interview, Bedford told senior officers he felt he had no option but to pursue the burglars. Mr Medland said "sadly" the burglars escaped after driving into the tunnel at Birkenhead. Anthony Eyres, defending Bedford, said by displaying his blue lights and sounding the siren he had warned approaching motorists the Cavalier was travelling the wrong way down the carriageway. The case continues. | 
