Jailed: Banned Dudley drink driver in 70mph police chase

Trevor Mills was spotted driving too fast in Cinder Bank, Dudley by a stationary police patrol and ignored the attempts of the officers to get it to stop around 10.30pm on August 10.

The 27-year-old reached over 70mph in a 30mph limit as he raced through residential streets with cars parked on both sides of the road, Wolverhampton Crown Court heard.

He failed to stop at a red light on a blind junction before almost crashing into a lorry, said Mr Howard Searle, prosecuting who continued: "It was grossly excessive speed."

Mills was pursued by two police cars for more than four miles as he went on a circular route before finally giving up his bid to escape. He stopped his car and emerged with hands above his head.

The unemployed father-of-three from Westfield Road, Netherton, who had downed five cans of lager and was nearing the end of a four-year driving ban, gave a breath test reading of 75 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath, more than double the legal limit of 35.

Mr Stephen Bailey, defending, said: "He panicked when he saw the police car and did not come to his senses for over four miles.

"He had bought the car as the end of the disqualification neared and hoped to do it up. Stupidly, he was on a test drive."

Mills pleaded guilty to driving dangerously while disqualified and over the drink-drive limit without insurance.

He was sent to prison by Judge Amjad Nawaz who commented: "This was a persistent piece of bad driving."