An uninsured van driver led police on a high-speed pursuit through residential streets after "panicking" when approached by officers, a court has heard.
With a female passenger sat beside, him Christopher Heale tore through the Penlan and Clase areas of Swansea going the wrong way along one-way streets, not stopping at junctions, and racing through a red traffic light at a major crossroads.
He later abandoned the vehicle and passenger and ran away but was chased by police and found hiding in undergrowth. Not only was he found to be over the drink-drive limit but checks showed he did not hold a licence and was not insured.
