A personal trainer who caused a pile-up of police cars after fleeing from them while driving home from a first date has been sentenced to 14 months in a young offenders institution.
Seven officers were injured and five police cars damaged in the crash caused by 20-year-old Mazyar Azarbonyad.
It happened on the A1 near Denton Burn, Newcastle, at about 02:30 BST on 9 April.
Azarbonyad, from Stanley in County Durham, previously admitted dangerous driving and driving again in the days after the crash despite being given an interim ban.
Newcastle Crown Court previously heard how Azarbonyad sped away from officers who tried to stop him in Swalwell, Gateshead, after they noticed a defective rear light on his BMW.
At the time he only had a provisional driving licence, had no car insurance and had only paid for three driving lessons.
Azarbonyad was also banned from driving for three years.
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