JAILED:Aidan Doherty and Bolton Crown Court A CRIMINAL with a history of thefts and car crime has been jailed after he was caught riding in a stolen Audi during a police chase.
Bolton Crown Court heard how 21-year-old Aidan Doherty had a knife in his pocket when police grabbed hold of him as he tried to run from the car. Niamh Ingham, prosecuting told how the Audi A4 was stolen in a burglary on February 19 when thieves broke into a house during the night and stole keys from the owner s bag. A tracker on the car alerted police and five days later, at 10pm, officers found it in Inverary Avenue, Blackrod.
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Madeleine Rayner, 51, told an officer who found her slumped at the wheel of her VW Golf that she wanted to be dead because her children had called her a bad person .
M6 motorist who drove at 135mph in south Cumbria loses appeal against ban
Carlisle Crown Court
A speeding driver and repeat offender who travelled at about 135mph on the M6 in south Cumbria has lost his appeal against the ban he received.â¬
âªA police officer in a stationary marked patrol vehicle spotted 30-year-old Christopher Emeryâs black Ford Focus whizzing past junction 37 on the southbound carriageway just before 5pm on June 20 last year.â¬
âªBelieving Emery was breaking the speed limit, the PC used a laser device and recorded him travelling at 120mph.â¬
âªâThe officer immediately left his location to catch up with the vehicle,â prosecutor Niamh Ingham told Carlisle Crown Court, âreaching speeds in excess of 135mph in order to do so.ââ¬