Drink driver from Glasgow hit 106mph in Cumbria police chase
Two officers in a stationary vehicle were passed by 31-year-old Jordan Boville at a roundabout linking the A595 and A66 near Cockermouth on May 12.
Boville was behind the wheel of an Audi being driven at excessive speed, Carlisle[1] Crown Court was told.
Blue patrol vehicle lights were activated in a bid to halt Boville. “He did slow and stop momentarily before accelerating away,” said prosecutor Steven Swift.
There followed a 16-minute pursuit during which Boville repeatedly broke the speed limit, initially reaching 70mph.
“At that point he was swerving in the carriageway with the car crossing central white lines,” said Mr Swift.
He veered on to the opposite side of the road multiple times, at one stage narrowly missing an oncoming HGV. Boville also hit 106mph in a 60mph zone before being clocked at 66mph through a 20mph area.
Support officers deployed a singer device which slowed the Audi but Boville kept going despite tyres deflating, and drove on to an unclassified single track road with sharp bends.
“The defendant stopped and was forcibly removed from the vehicle,” said Mr Swift.
Boville, of Dunskaith Avenue, Glasgow, was just over twice the legal drink-drive limit. He admitted dangerous driving and excess alcohol offences when brought to court.
Defence solicitor Mark Shepherd said in address to the judge, Recorder Kate Bex KC: “Mr Boville asks me to apologise to the court on his behalf for what he completely acknowledges was foolish offending.
“He had misjudged when he would be fit to drive again. He then saw the police.
“Rather than face the consequences of his actions he tried to get away and was unsuccessful. Fortunately no damage caused to street furniture or other vehicles. No injury caused either.”
Boville had been remanded in custody for more than two months with the judge also told of his co-parenting responsibilities and his mother’s ill health. He had been working in Cumbria at the time of his offending.
“He had had a difficulty with alcohol in the past. He can see his plight and position far more clearly now having spent time in prison,” added Mr Shepherd.
Jailing Boville for 30 weeks, Recorder Bex said: “These speeds speak for themselves in terms of how dangerous your driving was.
“It is at the top end of the scale of dangerous driving where there isn’t any injury caused.”
Of Boville’s perception at the time, the judge concluded: “There can have been no possible way that you can honestly have thought that you were legal to drive.”
Boville — who had a previous excess alcohol motoring offence on his record — was banned from driving for 40 months, and must take an extended re-test before his licence is returned.