A maniac who leaped out of a moving van and allowed it to career into a house during a police chase, drove a car at a woman cop, and rammed another car on a motorway, has been jailed for nearly three years.
Alistair Stevenson, 25, said to have been "out of control" by his own lawyer, was already disqualified and subject to a series of bail orders at the time of the offences - which a sheriff branded "scandalous."
The house was rammed in Avonbridge, on the Stirlingshire/West Lothian border, about a quarter to one in the morning, a court was told.
Minutes earlier, police on mobile patrol in the main street of the village were passed at speed by two Transit vans, described as "clearly in convoy."
One of the cops had a "clear, unrestricted view" of the driver of the first van, and immediately noticed it was Stevenson, a known disqualified driver.
He failed to stop when signalled and drove a circuit around Avonbridge before turning into a dead end at the rear of Craigbank Road, Avonbridge.
Prosecutor Kristina Kelly said: "There he bailed out of the still-moving van and ran off.
"The van continued to roll, crashing through the garden fence of number 27 before colliding with the house, causing damage to brickwork."
Stevenson ran off down a path and into a field, pursued by police on foot, before being lost to sight.
The incident happened on March 15th, 2020.
Four months later, in a further incident in Main Street, Avonbridge, police on patrol about 6pm, carrying out other inquiries, saw an orange BMW coming round a corner towards them "at excessive speed and in an erratic manner".
PC Stephanie Davidson attempted to stop it by stepping into the centre of the road and putting her hand in the air.
Miss Kelly said: "The accused was the driver and it's clear that he made eye contact with PC Davidson and could clearly see her hand was raise to pull him over, but he didn't, and instead revved the car engine and she had to step out of the way for her own safety.
"He made off at speed, overtaking a car in front, driving on the wrong side of the road, taking a right hand bend at speed, and causing other drivers to take evasive action to avoid a collision."
The vehicle was later seen in the California area of Falkirk, still travelling at excessive speed, and on the wrong side of the road.
Those incidents happened on July 10th, 2020.
Also driving a van, Stevenson rammed a car on the M9.
The incident happened on May 21st this year, near the River Carron, Falkirk.
A Renault Clio driver, slowing because of traffic, noticed that the van behind him, which it turned was being driven by Stevenson, was not following suit -- despite the Clio driving pumping and flashing his brake lights.
Miss Kelly said the van "failed to moderate its speed in time" and collided with the Clio, before "making a sharp movement" onto the hard shoulder, and then made off "at dangerous speed, kicking up dust and debris", as the Clio driver approached to try to swap details.
The whole incident was witnessed by police who happened to be nearby and saw the van driving off "in an erratic manner" and identified Stevenson as the driver.
He was later arrested.
Appearing by video link from Low Moss Prison at Falkirk Sheriff Court on Thursday November 11, Stevenson, a father-of-one, of Larbert, Stirlingshire, admitted four charges of dangerous driving and four of driving while disqualified.
Solicitor Ross Jenkins, defending, said: "He was going through a period of his life when this sort of thing was the norm for him.
"Quite frankly he was out of control."
Sheriff Christopher Shead jailed him for 34-and-a-half months and banned him from driving for 13-and-a-half years.
He told him: "The court has to decide whether a custodial sentence is appropriate.
"That's easy - this driving involved very serious, sustained, scandalous events over number of occasions."
