A Bradford man reached speeds of more than 140mph on the M606 while being tracked by the police helicopter, a Court heard.

A short time earlier, Aqib Hussain, 33, had been stopped by officers on the M1 for driving at 109mph in his powerful Nissan Skyline.

Hussain, of Washington Street, Girlington, told the officers he was on a mercy dash to be with his father in Bradford who had suffered a suspected heartache.

The police issued him with a Notice of Intended Prosecution and told him to slow down.

The Nissan was then spotted by the crew of the West Yorkshire Police helicopter and tracked with a camera.

Film of the incident was played at Bradford Crown Court today showing an aerial view of Hussain speeding towards the city at 3.30am on March 3 last year.

Prosecutor Duncan Ritchie said he averaged 142mph on the M606.

He was doing double the speed limit on Mayo Avenue and was stopped and arrested at the Jacob’s Well roundabout.

Hussain’s solicitor, Anne-Marie Hutton, conceded he had driven at “an extraordinarily high speed”.

She said his father had suffered a suspected heart attack and needed to be persuaded to get into an ambulance and go for hospital treatment.

Mr Hussain senior had passed away three months later, the court heard.

Hussain’s speedometer on the hired imported car was in kilometres and he had struggled to believe he was going that fast, Miss Hutton said.

Hussain was consumed by remorse had put in a prompt guilty plea to the charge of dangerous driving.

The judge, Recorder Tim Hirst, told Hussain: “There is a degree of arrogance in being warned by the police on the M1 and going on to drive at greater speeds.

“One gets there pretty quickly at 70mph, without having to do 140.”

He sentenced Hussain to 32 weeks’ imprisonment, suspended for 18 months, with supervision. He was ordered to do 100 hours’ unpaid work and banned from driving for two years.