A boy racer led police on a 125mph chase for 45 miles before officers eventually used a stinger device to puncture all his tyres.The hard-stop didn’t deter Alan McDonnell, who kept driving on his wheel rims until he was blocked off by three patrol cars.
The 25-year-old was driving a powerful £60,000 Audi Q7 with a 155mph top speed and raced through roadworks at more than 100mph while crew were working in the dark in wet conditions.
He hit a roundabout on the outskirts of Dundee at 60mph and also tried to overtake a police containment vehicle before being stopped.
Sheriff Gillian Wade jailed McDonnell for nine months and banned him from driving for 22 and a half months yesterday. McDonnell admitted driving dangerously at speeds up to 125 miles per hour between Greenloaning in Perthshire and Dundee in April last year.
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