Two young children were in the back of a Fiesta car when its dangerous driver tore along Nottingham streets with two tyres shredded by a police stinger. Disqualified and uninsured driver Alan Jackson was also with his partner in the vehicle as he drove off with police in pursuit.
Nottingham Crown Court heard Jackson, on bail at the time for assaulting two women in Derby, drove over the stinger device, which tore the car's nearside tyres, causing them to deflate. But, undeterred, Jackson went on the wrong side of the road, overtook vehicles and went through a red light.
Judge Gregory Dickinson QC, the Recorder of Nottingham, said Jackson had put at risk strangers who might have been using the road at the same time and added: "You were prepared to risk the safety of your partner and the young children who were in your car."
