POLICE following a Midland biker clocked at 153mph almost abandoned the five-mile pursuit because it was so dangerous, a court heard.

Mechanic Andrew Darren Jones was clocked doing two-and-a-half times the 60mph speed limit by a traffic officer on speed enforcement duties on an unmarked motorbike, a court was told.

The 37-year-old from Dudley was going so fast that the officer had to get up to 120mph to try to catch Jones as he raced past other cars during a five-mile chase.

Yesterday Jones was handed a four-month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months, when he admitted dangerous driving on the A470 at Bron Aber near Trawsfynydd in Wales at Dolgellau Magistrates Court.

He was banned from driving for 30 months and ordered to carry out 250 hours unpaid community work. He was also ordered to pay £85 and will have to retake his driving test.

Sentencing Jones, of Albermarle Road, Kingswinford, Dudley, bench chairman Caerwyn Roberts said he’d achieved a “quite horrific speed”.

“This was an exceptionally high speed on a busy road during a bank holiday. 

“You were riding in a manner that was dangerous to other road users. You were two-and-a-half times over the speed limit.”

Richard Edwards, prosecuting, said: “The officer saw the motorbike approach when it was about a mile away at what he believed to be an excessive speed.

“He saw it overtake three vehicles crossing solid white lines and estimated its speed at 140mph.

“He checked the speed with a laser device and was recorded at 153mph.”