A Scots motorist led cops on a high-speed chase by way of the streets of Edinburgh with a wished man in his automobile.
Richard Melvin fled cops who noticed the Audi A3 at a petroleum station, driving by way of a purple mild and on the unsuitable aspect of the highway.
The 27-year-old, who's at the moment serving practically 4 years for one more offence, managed to evade officers and escape.
However police later tracked down the automobile parked close to Melvin’s personal deal with.
Melvin appeared from custody on the metropolis’s sheriff courtroom on Monday and pled responsible to failing to cease for police and driving with out due care and a spotlight.
He additionally admitted driving and not using a licence or insurance coverage.
Fiscal depute Duncan McKenzie stated officers on patrol noticed the Audi at a Shell petrol station in Musselburgh, East Lothian, at round 10.15pm.
Mr McKenzie stated they noticed a person wished on an unrelated matter get into its passenger seat.
The courtroom heard the automobile travelled within the route of Portobello and the officers turned on their marked police automobile’s lights and sirens to sign it to cease.
The prosecutor stated the Audi accelerated and overtook one other automobile, travelling at 50mph alongside Seaview Terrace and onto Portobello Excessive Avenue which has a 20mph restrict.
The Audi overtook a automobile at a purple mild, Mr McKenzie stated, and went by way of a junction “displaying no concern for visitors”.
It continued alongside Sir Harry Lauder Highway and onto Duddingston Park South earlier than being misplaced to sight, the courtroom was informed.
The Audi was later discovered within the metropolis’s Brunstane space on the road the place Melvin lived whereas CCTV from the petrol station recognized the accused as the driving force.
The incident came about on July 3 2020.
Defence agent Mark Hutchison stated his shopper was at the moment serving three years and ten months in jail.
Sheriff Matthew Auchincloss disqualified Melvin from driving for 12 months upon his launch from custody.
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