A dangerous driver collided with a car being driven by an 89-year-old woman as he tried to flee police during a chase.
Zenel Skenderaj was behind the wheel of a Range Rover Sport with no licence or insurance and smelling of cannabis when police spotted him in the West End of Newcastle. Newcastle Crown Court heard officers were on Scotswood Bridge around 9pm on January 8 when the formed the view the car might have been on false plates.
After officers activated their lights and sirens to indicate for him to pull over, he initially appeared to be stopping but then sped off. As he overtook cars and drove into oncoming traffic, he struck the pensioner's Vauxhall Corsa.
