During the incident, Frankie Simpson was confronted by four armed officers who all drew their weapons. Simpson is now beginning a 22-month prison sentence. Man was driving Volkswagen GolfThe court heard how police spotted the 24-year-old at the wheel of a Volkswagen Golf on Fairfax Crescent in Bierley on March 17 this year despite having been disqualified from driving until November 2027. Driver crashed into taxi carrying childTen days later, at 3pm on March 27, police units – including a helicopter – searching for a Seat Leon saw it being driven on Dawson Lane. Simpson, who was driving, tried to escape by reversing but ran into and damaged a taxi carrying an adult passenger and a child.