A man drove a motorbike at police officers and said "I smoke yous" as he sped away from them.
Peter Stevens nearly ran over the PCs and pedestrians when he mounted the pavement at speed on a main road. The chase came only days after the convicted drug dealer had been released from prison.
Liverpool Crown Court heard today, Tuesday, that patrols spotted a grey motorcycle travelling at speed with no registration plates on Fleetwood's Lane in Netherton shortly before 4pm on March 23 this year. Stevens took to the pavement, undertaking a bus in the process, and "narrowly missed pedestrians" as he turned into Patten's Close.
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The 25-year-old was tailed by police, with three men fleeing as they approached. He continued onto Harrops Close but then began travelling in the officers' direction.
They indicated for Stevens to stop, but he continued to drive at them. The biker "broke at the last minute, skidded and fishtailed" - "almost striking" the emergency services workers in the process.
He then shouted "I smoked yous" at the police as he sped away from them. Stevens rode into traffic on Glovers Lane then travelled onwards onto Gorsey Lane and Pendle Drive, Litherland, after running a red light and reaching speeds of up to 60mph.
The motorist stopped at shops on the latter street, and a man in a balaclava got on the bike and rode away. Stevens was arrested and was found to have no licence, as well as testing positive for having cannabis in his system.
He told the constables "I could have smoked you" after being detained. Stevens - of no fixed address - had only been released on licence from a 22-month jail term for possession of cannabis with intent to supply and offering to supply cannabis two weeks earlier and was recalled on licence as a result.
The defendant admitted dangerous driving, driving without a licence, driving without insurance and drug driving and was locked up for 14 months. He told Judge David Swinnerton before he was sentenced: "I should have just kept my head down when I got home lad."
Sentencing, the judge said: "You had not been out very long before you committed these offences. This was a bad piece of driving.
"You appeared to think it was some sort of game, talking to police about how you smoked them. You appear to have found it funny, maybe because you were under the influence of cannabis at the time.
"That, of course, makes it all the more dangerous. You caused a high risk of death or serious injury to a number of pedestrian.
"I hope you have learned your lesson and you will keep your head down when you come out from this sentence."
Stevens - who appeared via video link to HMP Liverpool - was banned from driving for 19 months and must pass an extended retest, while he will have his licence endorsed. He must also pay a victim surcharge.
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