An “idiotic” motorcyclist who ploughed into a woman while he pulled wheelies on a pavement has been jailed.
Bradley Forsyth admitted driving dangerously on roads in the Hilltown and Coldside areas of Dundee before the stunt ended in him crashing his motorcycle.
Forsyth – who had been released from jail only days before – drove “at excessive speed” on Clepington Road, Hilltown, Strathmartine Road and Kinghorne Road, mounted and drove along a pavement and “repeatedly caused a wheel to leave the ground”.
During the rampage he drove the bike at a pedestrian, striking her but leaving her uninjured.
Forsyth then drove the wrong way down a one- way street before entering a closed section of road, losing control of the bike and crashing it.
The 27-year-old, of Polepark Road, Dundee, pleaded guilty to charges of dangerous driving and driving without insurance committed on August 22.
Defence solicitor Amy Fox said Forsyth had only been released from another jail term days earlier.
She added: “He has previous analagous offences and bought the motorcycle from someone but could not explain why he was driving it.”
Sheriff Alastair Brown jailed Forsyth for four months and banned him from driving for 18 months and until he resits the driving test.
He said: “This behaviour was idiotic but it was worse than that because driving dangerously means you are putting other people at risk.
“It is inexcusable, and you also drove without insurance, so it would have been difficult for anyone to get any compensation for anything you did to them.”
