A drink driver who was also over the limit for cocaine sped off from police when they tried to pull him over on a main road.
Daniel Turley, who already had a past conviction for driving with excess alcohol, came to the attention of officers as he travelled down the Coast Road, in North Shields, in the early hours of the morning. However, when they tried to get the 37-year-old to stop, he put he refused and put his foot down, a court was told.
With the officers in pursuit, Turley travelled to Albion Road where his vehicle came to a "natural stop" and he was detained. The motor menace failed a roadside breath test, and later a drugs test, and was arrested, during which he was also found to be carrying a small amount of cocaine.
