Teen driver locked up after terrifying pursuit

A MAN who borrowed his sister’s car had no insurance for the vehicle.

Police stopped Mohammed Khan as he drove the Toyota Aygo in the Wakefield area on May 29.

The 20-year-old’s sister reported that he had taken the car and he was pulled over on Denby Dale Road.

Khan said he believed that he was insured to drive the car but that was not the case, Kirklees Magistrates’ Court heard.

He pleaded guilty to a charge of using the vehicle without insurance.

District Judge Michael Fanning fined Khan, of Briar Close in Heckmondwike, £120 and told him to pay £85 costs. His licence will be endorsed with six penalty points. A 25-YEAR-OLD has been accused of attacking two women in Slaithwaite.

Sam Hunter appeared before Kirklees Magistrates accused of assaulting Catherine Richardson and Alexandra Howarth at Market Place in Slaithwaite on May 28.

He is also accused of damaging a mobile phone belonging to Karen Brook on the same date.

The defendant, who gave his address as Boothroyd Lane, Huddersfield Road and Southgate at teatime and mounting the grassed central reservation to overtake stationary traffic. Terry then goes the wrong way round a section of the roundabout before continuing at speed along Southgate.

Prosecutor Caroline Abraham told Bradford Crown Court how the Corsa reached more than double the speed limit on various roads as it headed towards Sowerby Bridge and the footage showed other motorists pulling over to avoid it.

The pursuit only came to an end in the Sowerby Croft Lane area when other motorists using the narrow road blocked Terry’s way and a police officer was able to arrest him at the scene.

Following his arrest, Terry, of Wharf Bridge, Sowerby Bridge, Dewsbury, pleaded not guilty to all three charges.

Around 15 minutes was spent by prosecutor Bill Astin, District Judge Michael Fanning and Hunter’s solicitor, Abdul Iftikhar, discussing how his trial would proceed and how long it would last.

Mr Fanning told the defendant, who was granted conditional bail, he would need to be at the court again on October 3 for a trial which is expected to last a day-and-a-half. immediately said he was sorry and told officers he hadn’t stopped because he was disqualified and had no insurance.

Terry pleaded guilty to charges of dangerous driving, driving while banned and having no insurance and the court heard that the Corsa had been bought so he could start taking driving lessons when his existing disqualification ended in July.

But barrister Nigel Jamieson explained that the car, which was being stored at a friend’s, had to be moved straight away and Terry foolishly decided to take it the few miles from Elland to his home.

Mr Jamieson noted that if Terry had stopped for the police he would have been prosecuted for driving while banned, but he would have been in a far less serious situation than he was now.

Jailing Terry, Recorder John Thackray told him the dangerous driving was an appalling and disgraceful episode and he noted that the defendant had been given chances by the courts in the past.

He said it had been a determined attempt by Terry to evade the police and it only ended when other members of the public assisted the police in blocking his route.

The judge said Terry had driven over zebra crossings without slowing, and if a child had been stepping out the consequences could have been catastrophic.

Terry was banned from driving for the next 28 months and he must take an extended retest before lawfully driving again.