A violent offender who hijacked a taxi at gunpoint before leading firearms officers on a high-speed chase through the city has been jailed for more than six years. James Blockley (32), of Champion Close, Crown Hills, Leicester, forced the petrified taxi driver to hand over his vehicle on the A50 Groby Road, on August 14 last year.He then sped off, but police traced him using the taxi's tracker device.Blockley pleaded guilty to three counts of possession of an imitation firearm with intent to...
