Sign up for the free MyBolton newsletter to get the top stories direct to your inbox A scaffolder has been banned from driving for a year after drunkenly speeding off from police.
Louie Cheetham, 21, had 'five or six' drinks into the early hours of May 30, before driving to the shop to buy some cigarettes, Bolton Crown Court heard.
Officers started following the Ford Transit Connect van after it 'accelerated aggressively' near Manchester Road, in Bolton, prosecution barrister Mark Stephenson said.
READ MORE: Drink-drive mum trashed car belonging to ex's new girlfriend by ramming it FOUR times Cheetham, of Boscow Road, Little Lever, sped off towards Farnworth and at one point reached speeds of 80mph in a 30mph zone.
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