Inverness multiple offender jailed for further motoring offences
A former Inverness man with three previous drink driving convictions and one for dangerous driving was jailed for 136 days and banned from driving for five years after admitting more motoring offences.
Anthony Rudman, who previously lived in Tornagrain but moved to Carlisle, pleaded guilty to another dangerous driving episode which saw police pursue him through streets in Inverness's Muirtown area and into the Carse industrial estate on August 1 this year.
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The 29 year old disqualified driver then abandoned his vehicle but was caught by police shortly afterwards.
Fiscal depute Victoria Silver told Sheriff Nigel Cooke that Rudman had driven at speeds of up to 70mph in 20mph and 30mph zones, ran a red light and negotiated a mini roundabout on the wrong side of the road.
Defending, Laura-Jane McFarlane said: "He realises the possible consequences of his driving and panicked when he saw the police, given his directly analogous conviction of this year."
Rudman was jailed for seven months in March this year at Inverness Sheriff Court for drink-driving and dangerous driving.
He will not be allowed to get behind the wheel of a vehicle again until he resits the extended test of competency.
