A police helicopter tracked down two men driving a stolen car as it hurtled into head-on traffic on the M1.
The car was being driven by 29-year-old Bradley Cunningham, who had his passenger, Thomas Compston, 20, in the car with him. Leeds Crown Court heard on Wednesday how the Seat Leon had been taken in a burglary in Rothwell between July 2 and July 3 last year and was then spotted as it made its way through West Yorkshire by police.
Prosecutor Tom Jackson told the court that officers spotted the fake registration plate on the car on July 7 and decided to pursue. He said: "Marked vehicles turned up to help and it then accelerated sharply and travelled at 84mph in a 40mph zone. It drove through red lights at 70mph and drove at 98mph in a 40mph zone when approaching Junction 45 on the M1.
