A DRUG driver showed ‘genuine remorse for his stupidity’ after sparking a police chase through Rubery in his girlfriend’s car.

Cameron Spencer, of The Coppice, near Rubery, admitted dangerous driving, drug driving, driving without insurance and possession of cannabis when he appeared at Worcester Crown Court on Wednesday (November 6).

The 20-year-old sped away from police in his girlfriend's Fiat Punto when officers tried to check whether he was insured in the early hours of August 26.

A chase ensued through residential streets, which lasted around five minutes and covered a distance of three miles.

Paul Whitfield, prosecuting, said officers spotted Spencer behind the wheel on the A38 in Bristol Road, Rubery.

But when they activated their sirens he drove away, accelerating to 45mph in a 30mph road.

He entered Holly Hill Road, performing several last minute turns without indicating, and failed to give way to a white van at the next traffic light junction.

He then headed towards New Street on the wrong side of the road and lost control of the car, striking a kerb and coming to a stop.

When officers arrested him they found a quantity of cannabis consistent with personal use.

A blood sample revealed he was more than three times the drug drive limit.

Mr Whitfield said: "He knew what he was doing was wrong. Through the course of his interview he showed remorse and became quite upset at one point.

"There was substantial risk to other road users."

Spencer had already been convicted of drug driving in 2015 and banned from driving for 12 months.

William Dudley, defending, said: "Perhaps it could be summarised as not the very worst of this type of offending. Clearly speeding was involved but not perhaps grossly excessive speed."

Mr Dudley said Spencer showed 'genuine remorse for his stupidity' and had suffered personal tragedies over the last two years.

He said his client would be 'prone to bullying' in jail.

Mr Dudley also revealed that Spencer's partner was 23 weeks pregnant with his child and that he was waiting on her 'hand and foot'.

"This was a reasonably short-lived moment of stupidity," he told the court.

Judge Nicolas Cartwright, sentencing, said: "Instead of turning off the ignition and facing up to your responsibility you put your foot down and tried to lose the police."

He ordered for Spencer to be detained for six months in a young offender institution, so that he would be 'at liberty' when his girlfriend gives birth.

Spencer was banned from driving for three years and must complete an extended driving retest.