A high-speed car chase ended in a crash and the arrest of a 21-year-old man on Monday afternoon.

The police spotted the man driving a VW Polo in Borehamwood at 2.40pm, and tried to pull him over because the car had been reported stolen from Manor Way that morning. The car sped off along Gateshead Road, Theobold Street and then into Aycliffe Road, where it hit a parked car.

The car carried on into Organ Hall Road, where he stopped and reversed into the pursuing police car, causing damage but no injuries.

Eventually the chase came to an end when the driver crashed into a wall in Catterick Way. The driver was arrested in connection with the theft of the car and taken into police custody.