AN OSWESTRY man who admitted a string off driving offences, including leading police officers on a  chase, has been jailed for four months.

Cyle Nurse, 31, and of Sefton Place, was given an immediate 16-week custodial sentence by Magistrates at Telford Magistrates Court last month.

This was because of ‘the offence was so serious and the defendant has a flagrant disregard for court orders’.

Magistrates heard that on Friday, March 3 this year, Nurse was driving an Audi car when he was disqualified and that he failed to stop when instructed to do so, and was jailed for 16 weeks.

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He then led officers around Oswestry, damaging two police vehicles, a moped and a brick wall before he was brought to a stop in York Street.

Magistrates heard that Nurse also had two young children in the car and was stopped outside a school at end of day.

The defendant, who pleaded guilty all charges, was also convicted of failing to provide a specimen for analysis for police, receiving a concurrent 16-week sentence.

Nurse was also jailed for driving without third-party insurance and without due care and attention, but received no separate penalty.

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He was also convicted of possession of a Class B drug – cannabis – but also received no further penalty.

He was banned from driving for 50 months for failing to provide a specimen and was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £154.