Overview

• Mazyar Azarbonyad, 20, was sentenced to 14 months in a young offenders institution and disqualified from driving for three years and seven months.
• On April 9 he failed to stop for police at defective lights and accelerated onto the A1, reaching speeds above 120 mph before slamming the brakes and triggering a multi-vehicle collision.
• Seven officers were hurt in the pile-up, with injuries ranging from soft tissue and nerve damage to cuts that left four still off work.
• Despite an interim ban and being on bail, Azarbonyad drove without a licence or insurance multiple times, including journeys to his gym, until police arrested him at a petrol station.
• Judge Tim Gittins described it as “nothing short of a miracle” that no one was killed, and Superintendent Billy Mulligan warned the defendant’s recklessness could easily have been fatal.