Video: Drug supplier in mum's BMW chased through Yorkshire at 100mph

Ryan Cross, 24, hurtled through villages close to York at more than twice the speed limit before he eventually hit a lamppost, fell out of his mother’s BMW and tried to run away, a court heard.

Cross, who pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and possessing Ecstasy with intent to supply it to others, has no previous drug or driving offences.

Prosecuting Mark McKone told York Crown Court that he had topped 110mph on the A1 before overtaking a line of traffic on the York outer ring road and driving on the wrong side of the road.

During the chase, Cross threw ecstasy worth more than £2,000 in street deals out of the car window but still had 68.5 tablets on him when he was arrested.

Altogether, the Class A drug was worth nearly £2,400 and Cross also had £696 in cash when he was arrested which was confiscated by the court.

Cross was on parole at the time of the offence having been released partway through a seven year sentence for a gang attack that left a man with a fractured cheekbone.

Judge Guy Kearl QC said he could have killed someone by his “extensive piece of dangerous driving” and sentenced him to three and a half years.

Mitigating, Holly Betke, said he had had a series of difficulties in his private life which he dealt with by taking drugs instead of seeking help.

She said: “These appear to have been offences motivated by personal trauma rather than any anti-social behaviour.”

York Crown Court heard that Cross had been on his way home with his girlfriend after a night out when he realised the police were interested in him, so he tried to speed away from them because of the drugs in his car.

In addition to a three and a half year prison sentence, Cross was also banned from driving for two years and ordered to retake his driving test.