A convicted danger driver has been locked up for nine months after crashing into a parked vehicle during a police chase.

Akeel Khan was jailed for 12 months in November 2019 and banned for three and a half years for driving dangerously, Bradford Crown Court heard.

This week, he was before the court again following a police pursuit across Bradford when he had been drinking and was still disqualified.

Prosecutor Adam Walker said Khan, 26, of Folkestone Street, Bradford Moor, Bradford, was at the wheel of a silver Vauxhall Corsa on Sticker Lane shortly after 10pm on Octo-ber 1 last year.

The police ordered him to stop because he was driving erratically and a high speed.

He accelerated away along Battye Street, Planetree Road, Leeds Road and Manse Street. When he reached Greenhill Lane he struck a parked vehicle.

Khan and his passenger then made off on foot but he was apprehended.

He told the police he wasn’t the driver and maintained his denial at the magistrates’ court.

He went on to plead guilty to dangerous driving, driving while disqualified and driving above the prescribed alcohol limit.

Khan’s barrister, Austin Newman, said there was another side to his character with family members speaking well of him.

He was naïve and immature and had been persuaded by so-called friends to drive them on an evening out.

“He realises full well that he made a huge mistake that he bitterly regrets,” Mr Newman said.

Khan was just over the alcohol limit at 40mg in 100 millilitres of breath.

Mr Newman said the collision was minor and Khan was remorseful.

“He knows his act of folly places him on the brink of custody again,” he stated.

Judge Ahmed Nadim said Khan had committed the offences within months of his prison licence expiring for the earlier incident of dangerous driving.

Instead of stopping for the police he tried to speed away from them through a residen-tial area.

Following his arrest, he claimed he wasn’t the driver. He had no compunction in crafting a false explanation that he maintained at the magistrates court.

Judge Nadim said he was concerned about Khan’s character and his attitude to the crim-inal justice system. He did not appear to care for his own safety or that of members of the public.

His caring and loving family must be wondering what more they could do to help him lead a more responsible lifestyle, the judge said.

Khan was banned from driving for two years.