A man who stole a large quantity of salmon before leading police on a dangerous high-speed chase has been jailed for six months.
Steven Finnie, from Dundee, tried to outrun police after a housebreaking spree and drove a stolen car so dangerously that officers called off the chase to protect themselves and the public.
Finnie had stolen thousands of pounds worth of goods during raids on three properties before leading police on the chase.
The heroin addict was already banned from driving when he drove the wrong way along a dual carriageway after police deployed a stinger to blow out his two front tyres.
At Perth Sheriff Court, Finnie admitted breaking into three properties in Dundee, Alyth and Pitlochry between January 10 and 11.
He admitted stealing items including tools, a television, DVDs, meat and at least a dozen packets of salmon.
Finnie sped through a village at 70mph in the middle of a Sunday afternoon. He turned back on to a busy stretch of the A9 into the path of officers who had deployed the stinger device on the southbound carriageway near Perth.
As he drove over it both front tyres burst, but Finnie then swerved into the northbound carriageway and continued to drive south in the face of oncoming traffic.
He was still driving at 40 miles per hour on two tyres when officers eventually managed to force him into the verge.
Finnie, 33, was jailed for two years and banned from driving for nine years by Sheriff William Wood for the motoring offences earlier this year.
Sheriff Wood added a further six months to his sentence for the housebreaking offences.
Finnie previously admitted stealing a set of keys and a Kia Picanto car from Earn Crescent in Dundee on January 11.
He also admitted driving dangerously, while banned and unfit through drink or drugs.