Police have released video footage of a man who stole a taxi outside Gatwick Airport and drove at speeds in excess of 130mph in a police pursuit, continuing even after losing a tyre.

Mohammed Ahmed stole the Mercedes after another taxi driver had declined to give him a ride outside the south terminal of the West Sussex airport on September 17 last year.

After driving off, the 24-year-old was tracked by a National Police Air Service (NPAS) helicopter to his hometown of Walsall in the West Midlands – more than 150 miles from Gatwick – where he was finally arrested.

A Sussex Police spokesman said that during the pursuit on the M25 and M40, Ahmed drove into cordoned-off areas of roadworks and continued to drive at more than 100mph after losing a tyre when police used a tyre deflation device.