A thug who stole his stepdad's car and led police on a high-speed chase in Leeds has been jailed.
Declan Gill, 21, was out on licence when he took the Range Rover and led officers on a dangerous chase reaching speeds of 90mph.
Prosecutor Michael Smith said Gill went to stay at his mum's house in the early hours of March 22 this year.
Mr Smith said Gill left the house at around 5.30am, saying he would be back in five minutes.
Gill's mum's partner checked nothing had been stolen when he left the property but he did not check on his Range Rover Sport. When he woke up at around 7.30am, he realised it was missing and contacted police.
Officers spotted Gill driving the car on Armley Gyratory and signalled for him to pull over. Gill sped off at speed in excess of 90pmh in a 40mph zone.
He drove through a red light to get onto Stanningley Road before driving on the wrong side of the carriageway.
Gill drove at 55mph along Armley Ridge Road, which has a speed limit of 30mph.
He made a number of dangerous maneuvers before going back onto the bypass and driving on the wrong side of the carriageway.
The car crossed the central reservation and went up a slip road and over a roundabout.
Tyres were coming off the vehicle as he drove at 63mph on Stanningley Road and mounted a pavement, knocking over a concrete bollard.
The vehicle came to a stop and Gill ran off but was caught and arrested.
The defendant made no comment in his police interview.
The damage to the car, which was worth £6,000, was so bad that it had to be written off.
Gill, of Wyther Park Mount, Armley, Leeds, pleaded guilty at the first opportunity to theft of a motor vehicle, dangerous driving, driving without a licence and driving without insurance.
He has six previous convictions for 22 offences, including for possession of a bladed article in a public place, battery, witness intimidation and criminal damage.
Gill was out on licence from a four-and-half-year prison sentence for robbery when he took his stepdad's car.
Sean Smith, mitigating, said the defendant usually lives with his father but they were arguing and he went to see if he could stay with his mother until things had calmed down.
Mr Smith said his client does not get along with his stepfather and he took his car out 'for no reason other than devilment'.
Jailing Gill for 20 months, Judge Simon Batiste said: "It is by incredible good luck that no one was hurt or killed.
"This was a truly terrible piece of driving for a sustained period of time."
Gill was also disqualified from driving for three years and 10 months.
