MUMS pushing prams near a Worcester school were put at risk as an uninsured driver led police on a 60mph chase.

Wayne Caines had dropped off his girlfriend's children and was returning home when officers tried to stop him in a random check.

The four-mile pursuit began in Keswick Drive, Worcester, with Caines going the wrong way round a mini roundabout, said Abigail Nixon, prosecuting.

He approached a school at 60mph and then pulled into oncoming traffic, forcing it to move towards the pedestrians.

He eventually crashed into a parked Peugeot, leapt over a fence and fled the scene.

But the defendant was driving his own Vauxhall Cavalier and was quickly traced and arrested.

Caines, aged 24, of Skiddaw Close, Warndon, Worcester, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, no insurance and fraudulent use of an excise licence.

He was jailed for nine months, banned from driving for three years and ordered to take an extended re-test.

Judge Andrew Geddes said the offences were typical of a younger man and he should have known better.

Caines had 24 previous offences and had recently been released from a 42-month jail term for possession of drugs with intent to supply when he got involved in the chase on December 8 last year.

Miss Nixon said at one stage Caines got stuck behind slow-moving traffic, so pulled out and tried to force his way between two vehicles. They had to swerve out of his way.

After hitting the Peugeot he failed to stop.

His car was found to bear a tax disc from another vehicle.

Francis Laird, defending, said after coming out of prison he had formed a new relationship.

He dropped off his partner's children at school and was then spotted by police.

Mr Laird said: "To his great regret he foolishly panicked and drove away.

"It's a great pity that a young man trying his best to get back on the straight and narrow should have behaved so stupidly."