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Caught on camera: The banned boy racer who sent pedestrians diving for cover 11th March 2008

This is the terrifying moment a banned boy racer sent pedestrians diving for cover after he mounted pavements and sped the wrong way along roads at 60mph - before ramming a police car.

Lee Roberts, 26, sped away from police after they spotted him behind the wheel in Plymouth, Devon.

He immediately began to weave his red Vauxhall Cavalier through traffic and onto pavements in residential streets and through the city centre in a bid to shake off the chasing police. The car hurtles the wrong way down the road with a police car in hot pursuit

CCTV footage and police video show the boy racer narrowly missing mothers with pushchairs, pedestrians on zebra crossings and a man waiting at a bus stop.

Hearing police sirens, two women with their babies manage to look the right way just in time as they are about to cross the road and see the car coming on the wrong side of the road.

Missing the children by just inches, Roberts raced on - reaching speeds of 60mph as he ran a red light, ignored 'Give Way' signs and drove the wrong way around a roundabout.

He was finally hemmed in by two patrol cars at his side and rear who blocked his escape route and forced him to collide with a wall.

The car eventually comes to a halt when it crashes

The frantic driver tried to reverse out, ramming the front of one of the police cars, before being surrounded by officers and taken into custody.

Police then discovered a pile of stolen registration plates in the boot of his car after the high speed rampage on March 7.

Roberts, of Plymouth, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, handling stolen goods, driving while disqualified, having no insurance and failing to stop for police.

He also admitted breaching a six-month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months that was imposed earlier this year for further driving convictions.

Defending, Geoff Parlby, said: "He will do anything to be part of the gang. He has a chronic inability to make judgements and if they say 'jump' he jumps."

Roberts has been remanded in custody to appear for sentencing at Plymouth Crow

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I note he wasn't charged with speeding then.

A "boy racer" of 26? A bootfull of stolen number plates?

I wonder what he was doing?

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Malcolm W.
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This chap has obviously worked hard on elevating 'stating the obvious' to an art form.

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Driving fast is for a particular time and place, I can do it I just only do it occasionally because I am a gentleman.
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I wonder if he'll even get jailed?