Police dash-cam footage has showed how a cocaine-fuelled mum led police on a terrifying high speed chase through the busy streets of Manchester.
The footage shows a high Emma Ramsden, 39, driving a stolen car on the wrong side of the road, swerving onto pavements, and narrowly avoiding collisions on residential roads in the areas of Didsbury, Withington and Burnage in the south of the city.
The 42-second clip also shows the heart-in-mouth moment Ramsden narrowly avoids ploughing into the police motorbike as she hurtles along the wrong side of the road at high speeds, Manchester Evening News reports.
As the police motorcyclist spins around to begin the chase, Ramsden can be seen overtaking a long line of standing traffic, before jumping a red light at a crossroads, again narrowly avoiding a high speed smash.
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After the 10 minute chase that followed Ramsden lost control of the car and crashed into a tree after a police stinger was used.
Manchester Crown Court heard she purchased the Nissan Qashqai, which had been taken during a burglary five days earlier, in order to sleep in it.
Whilst high on cocaine, she was spotted by an officer on patrol attempting a dangerous overtaking manoeuvre, sparking the chase.
Ramsden, from Bolton, was jailed for 16 months on Tuesday after admitting dangerous driving, driving whilst unfit through drugs, driving a vehicle without insurance, handling stolen goods and driving without a licence.
She was also banned from driving for four years and eight months following the incident on October 5, this year.
Manchester Crown Court heard that Ramsden, who has a long history of drug addiction, has numerous previous convictions for driving offences, theft and dishonesty.
Rhia Abukhalil, defending, said her client had not used any drugs since being taken into custody a month ago.
"She has a long standing addiction to drugs. She got herself into a good relationship and had contact with her children and abstained from drugs for five years," Ms Abukhalil said.
Sentencing, Judge Suzanne Goddard QC said: "This is a very sad example of how low becoming addicted to drugs can leave you."
