A drink driver tore along a main road near Kimberley with police in pursuit after he overtook them at nearly 100mph. Jason Gordon was estimated to be travelling at 98mph, in a 50mph zone, after patrolling officers spotted him overtake at that speed along the A610, near to the junction of the M1.
Nottingham Crown Court heard on Tuesday (December 20) unlicenced driver Gordon, who was more than two times the legal drink drive limit, went around a bollard, drove on the wrong side of the road, before slowing down for a gritter lorry.
But rather than stopping completely, he carried on driving dangerously - clearing the lorry, then drawing to a stop, with a police officer going to his window. He drove off again, potentially endangering police - who he ignored completely, said Recorder Stuart Sprawson, who sent Gordon to jail.
