Dramatic moment cops ram moped thug exposed by Amanda Holden off the road

THIS footage of a dramatic police chase shows how a moped gang were rammed off the road by cops after being exposed by Amanda Holden.

The Britain’s Got Talent judge posted a video of the criminals threatening to snatch a three-year-old which went viral.

The gang were today jailed for nearly 45 years after they were captured by police and their horrific crimes were revealed.

A court heard on Friday they had collectively committed 383 offences between them.

Three of the 12 gangsters who were also behind a string of high profile robberies and burglaries across London were given a total of 19 years and four months in a young offenders institution.

Two were spared jail with four years’ of driving bans and tagged curfews and orders for unpaid work handed down.

DRAMATIC CHASE

The dramatic footage, captured from within a police helicopter, shows the thugs attempting to escape from cops on two motorbikes, while being chased by police cars.

Four gang members speed away on two bikes, before one falls to the ground and all four climb onto the same bike.

The chase continues for some minutes before a police car eventually clips the bike and knocks the thugs onto the ground.

They are all then seen to scatter from the scene on foot.

One runs through a graveyard before tiring out and trying to make a phone call, at which point he is caught by a police officer.

Police have been trialling a new technique of smashing moped-riding criminals with cars to unseat and capture them.

Metropolitan Police officers will now be able to ram into moped-riding thieves even when they’re not wearing helmets, riding dangerously or disguising themselves.

Cops had been criticised due to a widespread belief that they weren’t allowed to pursue a suspect on a moped if they weren’t wearing a helmet.

But proposed changes in the law make it explicit that specially trained police drivers can chase a rider without a helmet.

ACTIVE GANG

The 12-strong gang, three of whom had no previous convictions, was also behind a string of high profile raids across London, including stealing £170,000 of camera equipment used to film the Oxford and Cambridge boat race.

Today the thugs, aged between 18 and 36, and who were all linked to ringleader Terry Marsh, 32, appeared at the court for 12 offences, including conspiracy to rob, conspiracy to burgle, conspiracy to steal, criminal damage and handling stolen goods.

Judge Georgina Kent sentenced them at Kingston Crown Court after hearing nine of them had committed a staggering 383 previous convictions including for burglaries, handling stolen goods, car theft, aggravated vehicle taking, assault and robbery.

These were very professional planned and organised offences

Judge Georgina KentKingston Crown Court

She said: “All 12 of you have been involved in conspiracies to steal, burgle and rob as well as other offences.

“These were very professional planned and organised offences. The common denominator is Terry Marsh.”

We were at home and heard a woman shouting ‘my baby, don’t take my baby. At first I thought it was just road rage but the road was soon cordoned off and full of police

Neighbour

Witnesses told The Sun Online they heard a mum screaming “don’t take my baby” during the terrifying incident in June last year.

But by the time she had made her way down to the road the attackers had made their escape.

She said: “We were at home and heard a woman shouting ‘my baby, don’t take my baby’.

“At first I thought it was just road rage but the road was soon cordoned off and full of police.

“It was obvious that it was something more serious and we’ve now seen the CCTV footage which is shocking.”

The gang first came to attention on New Year’s Eve 2017 after a ram raid on outdoor clothing company Altimus Ltd in Kensington using a stolen Range Rover and several mopeds.

Three were arrested last May after a high-speed police chase which lasted more than 90 minutes and spanned ten London boroughs.

The trio, who were piled on the same moped and drove the wrong way up the A40, tried to film their escape attempt.