A driver high on cocaine led police on a horrifying high-speed chase through residential streets.
Robert Kris Allan hit 80mph in his Audi A4 as he sped though roads with a 30mph limit with police in hot pursuit.
He has now been banned from driving and handed a suspended prison sentence after the chase in February this year.
The 22-year-old was spotted by police driving a silver Audi A4 out of a petrol station on Shields Road in Byker.
Officers say he started driving "in an erratic manner" after spotting the officers. They signalled him to stop, but instead Allan slammed his foot on the accelerator and began the dangerous pursuit through the Byker and Heaton areas of Newcastle.
Allan drove the wrong way around roundabouts, sped through red lights and hit speeds of 80mph on 30mph roads.
Traffic officers deployed a stinger device on the Coast Road in a bid to stop him but Allan sped towards High Heaton.
Attempting to evade capture, he repeatedly rammed the side of a patrol car but his tyres were badly damaged.
Finally, after nearly losing control of the Audi, he brought it to a stop and was arrested.
Police discovered he had recently bought the vehicle, had no insurance and was also driving above the legal limit for cocaine.
Allan, of Weldon Crescent, Heaton, was charged with dangerous driving, driving without insurance, failing to stop and driving whilst above the legal drug limit.
He pleaded guilty and was handed a 14-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, and a two-year driving ban.
Following the case, traffic officer PC Darren Lant said Allan was very lucky to have not caused a serious collision.
He said: "This was a ridiculous display of driving that has absolutely no place on our region's roads.
"A number of road users had to take evasive action to avoid being involved in a collision with Robert Allan.
"He is very lucky that he did not cause a serious collision that resulted in severe injury to either himself or another member of the public.
"I am glad we have been able to take him off the roads and if he gets behind the wheel again he will be put behind bars."
