A cocaine fuelled Kensington man drove down residential streets at 80mph and jumped red lights in a bid to escape police, a court heard.
Adam Gary Curry, 26, swerved around a device designed to deflate his tyres and drove on the wrong side of the road as several patrol cars gave chase on September 25 this year.
Curry, of Molyneux Road, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, two charges of drug driving and driving without insurance at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court today.
The court heard he also stole a 42 inch TV and £130 in cash from his grandparents while on police bail for the driving offences and he pleaded guilty to two additional theft charges.
Lynn Clark, prosecuting, told the court police were alerted to Curry’s Volkswagon Golf after officers in a patrol car spotted him driving at high speeds.
She said: “Officers followed the car and observed him perform a dangerous turn in the road squeezing between two vehicles, narrowly avoiding a collision.
“They pursued the vehicle onto Green Lane where he did a U-turn in the road and drove back towards them in the opposite direction.”
The court heard patrols were despatched to the area and Curry was pursued again on Shiel Road.
Ms Clark said: “Police activated their emergency equipment but the defendant failed to stop. Officers deployed a stop stick, designed to deflate his tyres, but he drove around the device and turned left onto Boaler Street.”
The court heard Curry hit speeds of 80mph in Boaler Street, which has a limit of 30mph and has speed humps.
The chase continued onto Farnworth Street, Kensington and Edge Lane with Curry passing through several red lights, before he drove on the wrong side of the road to turn onto Innovation Boulevard.
The car was abandoned in an Aldi car park in Broad Green Road, Old Swan, after Curry was pursued down St Oswald’s Street.
He was arrested shortly afterwards and told officers he had been “made to drive.”
In his interview he admitting “doing a few lines” of cocaine in the hours before driving the vehicle. He tested positive for cocaine and benzoylecgoninem.
The court heard he was released on police bail but his grandparents Joseph Curry and Danielle Brack awoke on Boxing Day to find Curry, who had been staying at their property, had stolen the TV and cash.
Curry was re-arrested and admitted the offences.
Stephen Poulson, representing Curry, said his client was due to become a father very soon and expressed remorse over his actions.
Magistrates committed the case to Liverpool Crown Court where he is due to appear on January 26 for sentence.
Curry shouted “you’re f**** messin’” after the bench remanded him in custody.
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