An intoxicated driver under the influence of Valium and cocaine refused to stop for police and claimed he was "too wrecked" to provide a sample for testing. He also told police he was drinking 41% proof alcohol while behind the wheel.
Bradley McCann, 28, became involved in a police chase in Barry in the early hours of June 19 when officers were called to a "disturbance" in Holton Road. But the defendant left the scene in a green Fiat Punto.
A sentencing hearing at Cardiff Crown Court on Friday heard he was seen by police in Thompson Street but turned his vehicle around and drove off erratically. He was then seen on Winston Road with his headlights switched off.
