A SPEEDER abused police after a 100mph chase through Trowbridge came to an abrupt halt when the youngster crashed his VW Golf into a mini-roundabout.

Connor Miles, who was told he could have killed someone in the high-speed pursuit, was followed by police almost by accident. The officers tailing him in the early hours of May 20, 2018, thought the car he was driving was a dark-coloured Audi stolen earlier that evening. It wasn’t.

The 22-year-old was spotted by PC Andrew Lee, driving extremely fast down Canal Road and “far faster than 30mph”.

As PC Lee began his pursuit the Golf was already out of sight. He caught up with it on Elizabeth Way, with the officer’s speedometer showing he was going at 100mph – twice the speed limit. He claimed he was keeping up with the car in front, staying around 250 metres behind the Golf.

It made it on to Hilperton Road, taking several junctions at an estimated 60mph. As the car passed the entrance to Springfield Park, the police car was travelling at 85mph and the Golf was gaining ground.

Concerned about the speed, PC Lee slowed. But as he went around the bend he saw the dark blue Golf had crashed on the County Way roundabout.

He said he could see the driver, Miles, “holding onto the driver’s door looking rather dazed. But Miles’ reverie quickly lifted and turned sour. Asked why he had made off from police, the man was said to have told officers: “I’m sick and tired of getting stopped by you lot”.

He launched into an x-rated rant, ordering officers: “Get away from me.” Even when he was bundled into the back of a panda car, Miles continued to shout abuse.

In a statement, read to Swindon magistrates by prosecutor Graham Dono, PC Lee said the driver’s speed was bordering towards being dangerous. Miles would have struggled to stop his vehicle had anyone emerged from one of the side roads and the chance of fatalities would have been high, the officer said.

Miles, of Westbury Lea, Westbury, pleaded guilty to speeding and driving without due care and attention.

Defending, John Lynch said his client had been distracted as a result of the police vehicle chasing him. He also raised a concern about the fact the offence being now well over a year old.

He was given a six month driving ban. A £161 fine and £117 in costs and surcharge were written off, deemed paid by time served in the cells.