The officer behind the wheel when a wanted teenager jumped from his own car and was struck by a police vehicle has apologised to the boy’s parents and said all he wanted to do was arrest him.

Kelvin Bainbridge, 19, was wanted in connection with burglary offences and was disqualified from driving when he led police on a six-minute chase on October 18, 2019.

The teen, who had more than 45 convictions to his name led PC Paul Jackson on a pursuit around Spennymoor, County Durham before he jumped from his own vehicle and was struck by the officer’s BMW. He died of a blunt head injury.

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PC Jackson, who was behind the wheel at the time, apologised to Bainbridge’s family on Monday (September 25) and said he never meant to hurt their son.

Through tears, Officer Jackson said: “I am sorry Suzanne, Troy, I never went out of my way to hurt him.

The Northern Echo: Kelvin Bainbridge.Kelvin Bainbridge. (Image: FAMILY)

“I just wanted to arrest him, that’s all I wanted.

“The last thing I wanted was the outcome we got. I just wanted to get Kelvin arrested.”

“I didn’t see him open the door, I didn’t see him get out.”

The officer told Crook Coroners Court he was sure he had “made the right call” and had even watched back footage of the incident with “pride.”

He added: “I made the right call; I watched the video footage back. I watch that that footage with pride as someone doing everything right but it went awfully wrong.

The Northern Echo: The scene of the incident on October 18, 2019.The scene of the incident on October 18, 2019. (Image: NNP)

“I was trying to do the right thing, I am so sorry for how this finished. I am.”

On Monday morning he insisted he had no vendetta against after Suzanne Bainbridge, Kelvin’s mum, last week said she believed PC Jackson had a “vendetta” against her son, while dad Troy told how Kelvin had previously said he thought Jackson wanted to kill him.

PC Jackson now trains new officers and has not taken part in a police chase since.

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He continued: “It’s horrible being involved in a pursuit.

“When you’re involved in a pursuit it’s a horrible feeling in the pit of your stomach and all you want them to do is stop and you constantly think ‘do I stop or keep going?’.

“I made all the right calls.”