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Mar 2023
Last Updated: 22/03/2023
Audi driver pleads guilty after 140mph police pursuit in Harrogate
Ryder's Audi which was stopped by police. Pic: Sgt Cording.
A man has admitted dangerous driving in Harrogate after leading police on a 140mph pursuit.
Jason Ryder, 45, of Wellgarth, Bishop Auckland, appeared before York Magistrates Court yesterday.
Ryder was charged with dangerous driving on York Place in Harrogate, on Wetherby Road, on the A658 John Metcalf Way, on the A1(M) and on the A6055 on Monday (March 20).
He was also charged with driving his Audi A3 while disqualified and driving without insurance.
Ryder, who was eventually halted by a police stinger, pleaded guilty to all the offences.
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He appeared in court just a day after being disqualified from driving for 12 months for drug driving at junction 47 of the A1(M) near Knaresborough.
He was pursued by North Yorkshire Police immediately after leaving Harrogate Magistrates Court on March 20.
Officers described him as “weaving dangerously in and out of traffic” while reaching speeds of 140mph.
Paul Cording, a roads policing sergeant for the force, said he had shown “a complete disregard for road safety and the judicial system”.
Ryder will appear before York Crown Court to be sentenced on April 11.
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