Driver calls judge an ‘absolute helmet’ with sarcastic ‘thank you’ for jailing him

A senior judge was known as an ‘absolute helmet’ and sarcastically thanked by a harmful driver he had simply sentenced to greater than a 12 months in jail.

Defendant Levi Cull had been sentenced to 14 months in jail, however may now face an extended sentence for his outburst geared toward The Honorary Recorder of Bolton Judge Martin Walsh.

Judge Walsh indicated that Cull might be introduced again earlier than Bolton Crown Court docket for contempt of court docket for the feedback made through the listening to on Tuesday (June 7).

The 25 12 months outdated had pleaded responsible to a string of driving offences after crashing a Mercedes in Bolton.

Prosecution barrister Harriet Lavin instructed the court docket that Cull was noticed by a police officer at round 2.30pm on March 21 of this 12 months.

Cull, who had 10 convictions for 26 offences, ‘tried to duck his head’ earlier than turning down a facet road away from police, the Manchester Night Information stories.

Throughout a brief chase, he drove 60mph on the mistaken facet of the street, ran a pink mild and drove throughout a busy junction with out stopping.

On Gibbon Avenue, Cull crashed and despatched the opposite automobile right into a parked automobile, earlier than the Mercedes he was driving struck a fence, one other automobile, flipped and finally landed on its roof.

He pleaded responsible to harmful driving, driving with out a licence and driving with out insurance coverage.

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Cull was defended in court docket by Nick Ross, who instructed the court docket that the defendant holds his palms up and recognised that he has lots of rising as much as do.

Mr Ross added that the automobile was not stolen and there have been no ‘severe accidents’ to anybody regardless of the ‘dramatic’ crash.

The Honorary Recorder of Bolton Judge Martin Walsh jailed Cull for 14 months and banned him from driving for three years.

After the sentence was handed, Cull, who appeared in court docket by way of a video hyperlink, stated: “Thanks very a lot you absolute helmet. In a bit mate.”