Dangerous driving teenager awaits six other court cases

A teenager who collided with a police car after failing to negotiate an Angus roundabout could not be sentenced yesterday because he has six other disposals outstanding in Dundee.

The 17-year-old from the city, who cannot be named for legal reasons, smashed into the marked vehicle on the A92 near Elliot, on the outskirts of Arbroath, last summer.

The accused admitted a charge of dangerous driving on the A92 on July 6, driving at excessive speed, failing to negotiate the Elliot roundabout, driving on the wrong side of the dual carriageway in the face of oncoming vehicles and forcing motorists to take evasive action, failing to give way at road markings, and colliding with the police car.

Sentence has been deferred to April 21.