A teenage drug dealer led police on a wild goose chase through the streets of St Helens, causing children to leap out of his way as he went.
Lewis McGowan, 19, was spotted by patrolling police officers when he ran a red light on his electric bike at around 3.50pm on September 17 2022. They tried to stop him, but he fled by cycling down a road in the wrong direction.
At his sentencing at Liverpool Crown Court today, prosecutor Mr Jones said: "He led police on a merry dance for several minutes, going down various bollarded roads, at one point causing a pedestrian and some children to jump out of the way."