Leeds car criminal drove at 'mind boggling' speeds through busy residential streets during police chase.

Joseph Wall was locked up for 14 months after a court heard he reached 70mph in 20mph zones in densely populated streets in Headingley, Burley and Kirkstall..

The 30-year-old was banned from driving at the time of incident on January 19 this year.

Officers signalled for Wall to stop as he was driving an Audi near to the junction of Spen Lane and Old Oak Drive.

He initially pulled over but sped off, colliding with one of two police cars involved in the incident.

Wall then drove at 70mph on Kirkstall Lane and went over speed bumps at 60mph on St Anne's Drive.

The dangerous driving continued along Beechwood Crescent, Cardigan Road, Stanmore Hill and Burley Road.

Police lost sight of the vehicle at the junction of Park Square and Hanover Square, close to Leeds city centre.

The car's registration number was traced to a property in Leeds.

The woman who lived there claimed the Audi was hers and that it had been stolen from her garage.

Wall was spotted driving a VW Golf at a petrol station on Cardigan Road in May this year.

Katie Varlow, prosecuting, said Wall was arrested the following day when police stopped the Audi Wall had used to commit the dangerous driving offence in.

He was a passenger in the vehicle which was being driven by the woman who had told police it had been stolen.

Her two children were also in the vehicle.

Wall was in possession of a small amount of cannabis at the time of his arrest.

Wall, of St Anne's Way, Burley, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, two offences of driving while disqualified and possession of cannabis.

He has previous convictions for burglary, aggravated vehicle taking, dangerous driving and possessing drugs.

The offences were committed when he was out of prison on licence and was the subject of a driving ban.

Shila Whitehead, mitigating, said Wall pleaded guilty to the offences at an early stage and accepted that he had acted foolishly.

She added: "He holds his hands up wholeheartedly."

Sentencing Wall, Judge Robin Mairs said: "This was an appalling spate of dangerous driving.

"You had no regard for anyone.

"You drove at mind boggling speeds and endangered not just your own life but the officers who were pursuing you.

"You have an appalling record. You have a complete disregard for attempts by the court to reign that driving in."

Wall was also banned from driving for four years.