Driver reached 100mph through West Yorkshire villages while being pursued by police helicopter

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Driver reached 100mph through West Yorkshire villages while being pursued by police helicopter
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He drove on the wrong side of the road, went through a red light, approached a roundabout at 100mph and went round the wrong way.

He admitted a charge of dangerous driving.

Mitigating, Robin Frieze said Barthorpe’s behaviour was “out of character”. The court heard he had suffered after witnessing a traumatic incident, although the details were not specified. Mr Frieze added:"He has got an enormous amount of support and appears to have changed to the very decent, very sensible and kind young man that he was before.“He obviously needs a great deal of help. He put himself in an appalling position."He is unlikely to be back before the courts again.”He was also given 200 hours of unpaid work, a two-month electronic-tag curfew, and banned him from driving for two years.

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