AN 18-year-old who led police on an 80 miles per hour chase down Hillmorton Road has been sentenced to nine months in prison.
Callum Hill pleaded guilty to dangerous driving at Warwick Crown Court, where he also faced charges of driving under the influence of drugs and handling stolen goods.
Callum Hill was sentenced to nine months in prison.He was also ordered to complete a ‘Thinking Skills Programme’, a 20 day Rehabilitation Activity Requirement, 120 hours of unpaid work and to pay £200 compensation to the victim whose parked car he drove into.
He has also been disqualified from driving for 12 months and will have to complete an extended driving test.
Last November, Hill failed to stop for police and was chased from Brownsover to Hillmorton.
Dramatic police dash-cam footage (above) shows he reached speeds of over 80 miles per hour in residential Hillmorton Road – where the speed limit is just 30 – before losing control and crashing into a parked car.
Hill ran off but officers caught up with him and arrested him. No one was injured.
PC Rich Jenkins said: “Hill behaved with complete disregard for other road users and pedestrians. It was lucky nobody was hurt or worse. He put his own life at risk and the lives of other road users and pedestrians.
“Driving while under the influence of drugs or alcohol impairs judgement and significantly increases the risk of accidents.
“Drug and drink driving are both very serious offences and all drivers need to understand the gravity and consequences of their actions if they drink and drive.
“A conviction for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs has the potential to ruin a person’s life and the incident itself has the potential to cause serious injury or death on the roads. It is not worth the risk.”
Report under-the-influence driving by calling 999 if the driver is presenting an immediate risk, or call 101 with details of the last known location of the vehicle, make, colour and registration. Alternatively, call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
