A man who was caught walking naked across the A90 dual carriageway after a “therapeutic” motorbike ride has admitted speeding dangerously on his bike in a Dundee street.
Kieran Morison, 20, of Balunie Drive, was chased by police as he accelerated from Kingsway West on to King’s Cross Road, clocking more than 75mph on the 30mph road before police stopped him.
Morison admitted committing the offence on December 27 2017.
Sheriff Tom Hughes told Morison: “There will be very serious consequences to come from this.”
He disqualified him from driving in the interim and deferred sentence on him until April 18 for a social work criminal justice report and a restriction of liberty order assessment.
It is Morison’s second court appearance in the space of a week.
Last week, Forfar Sheriff Court was told Morison acted on impulse after a “therapeutic” late-night ride on his motorbike on October 28 last year on the Aberdeen to Dundee Road at Happas, near Forfar.
He admitted to an act of public indecency by walking naked across the dual carriageway.
At the earlier hearing defence solicitor Stuart Hamilton told the court it had been an act of “impulsive behaviour” by his client.
He said: “He is 20 years old, he lives with his parents and has no previous convictions, he is a genuine first offender.
“He had been driving his motorbike, which is somewhat therapeutic for him. It’s his hobby. He drove up to the Happas junction.
“This was impulsive behaviour. He is adamant he has never done anything like this before and has no intentions of doing anything like it again.”
Mr Hamilton said the court proceedings had come as “nothing short of a shock to the system” to Morison.
“Given there is a lack of explanation it could just be that there is no explanation,” he added.
“It was not premeditated, it was a one-off, impulsive act.
“It was clearly a sporadic act. He was not aiming to be seen by any member of the public. It was 11 pm and it was dark.”
On that occasion, Sheriff Jillian Martin-Brown deferred sentence until September 5 for Morison to be of good behaviour.
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