A Dartford man has admitted shooting a police officer in the hand in Welling.

Michael Olsen, 51, pleaded guilty at Inner London Crown Court on Monday to causing GBH with intent during the incident on the night of October 3.

Police were called at around 9.10pm that night to reports of a car having hit a lamppost and a number of other vehicles in Westwood Lane, Blackfen, near the Wendover Way junction.

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The abandoned Land Rover in the middle of Westwood Lane (image by Toby Crook-Haines)

The Land Rover Freelander was found abandoned, having ploughed into a road sign on a traffic island between the two lanes.

A short time later its driver, Olsen, was stopped by two Bexley officers in Wendover Way, Welling.

One of the male officers suffered a gunshot wound to the hand from a revolver-style handgun fired by the defendant.

A weapon and ammunition were recovered at the scene.

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Officers comb Wendover Way for evidence (image by Damien Seymour)

As well as admitting GBH, Olsen, of Lavinia Road, Dartford, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, possessing a firearm and possessing ammunition.

He pleaded not guilty to two charges of making threats to kill and possessing a prohibited weapon. The prosecution offered no evidence to these charges.

Olsen has been remanded in custody before sentencing on March 20.