WATCH: Chase ends in crash as banned BMW driver hits 115mph in 30 zone
A banned driver who tore along 30mph streets in the West Midlands at speeds reaching 115mph has been jailed.
Kamar Farooq drove at almost four times the speed limit - at times on the wrong side of the road - before crashing the £85,000 BMW M3 into a traffic island and careering into a car at a petrol station.
West Midlands Police patrol officers became suspicious when they spotted Farooq behind the wheel of the car in Washwood Heath Road, Birmingham, on September 23 last year.
But when they tried pulling the car over the 30-year-old sped away.
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After the crash in Chester Road, Castle Bromwich, Farooq jumped into the back-seat alongside two other men and claimed to have been a passenger.
Officers managed to secure CCTV footage earlier that night showing the driver wearing clothes matching that of Farooq’s when he was arrested.
Farooq, of Aston Lane, Aston, still denied being the driver but at Birmingham Crown Court on Friday he was convicted and jailed for dangerous driving and getting behind the wheel while disqualified.
He was jailed for two-and-a-half years and given a 10-year driving ban.
Pc Robert Lattimer, from West Midlands Police, said: "This was reckless driving by someone who should not have been behind the wheel.
"Officers had suspicions around the vehicle and tried to pull it over; but Farooq failed to stop and hit speeds of 115mph in 30mph zones.
"He tried to deny being the driver despite our investigations which secured such strong evidence against him."This was a high performance vehicle and the outcome could have been much worse. He now faces a long time behind bars rather than behind the wheel of a car."
