A Consett drug-driver who was banned from getting behind the wheel led police on a high speed chase before smashing head-on into a car.
Wayne Dodds had a cocktail of four different drugs in his system when he took off from police after they attempted to pull him over on June 28, last year. The 38-year-old uninsured driver, who had morphine and cannabis in his system, was in a Transit van when he led police on a high speed chase through County Durham.
The pursuit got so dangerous the police aborted the chase out of safety reasons, with Dodds finally being arrested after being involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle and causing injuries to an innocent motorist. Dodds appeared at Durham Crown Court to be sentenced for dangerous driving, driving whilst disqualified, driving whilst unfit through drugs, and driving without insurance. He pleaded guilty to the charges at a previous hearing.
