Bradford's top judge has issued yet another warning that "danger drivers" will be sent into custody as he locked up a teenage apprentice.

The Recorder of Bradford Judge Roger Thomas QC described 19-year-old Hamza Iqbal as "a decent enough young man", who had never been in trouble before, but a court heard that last November he was driving at almost double the speed limit during a police pursuit.

Uninsured Iqbal, of Bateman Street, Manningham, Bradford, was at the wheel of a friend's Ford Focus when attempts were made to stop the car in the Leeds Road area, but the teenager drove off in panic.

During the pursuit Iqbal overtook other motorists at speed, went through red lights, ignored traffic calming measures and went the wrong way round a mini-roundabout.

On Carlisle Road the car reached speeds of 55mph in a 30mph zone before Iqbal lost control and collided with a parked vehicle.

Iqbal, who was still 18 at the time, immediately apologised after being arrested and admitted he had been stupid.

The teenager admitted charges of aggravated vehicle taking and driving without insurance, but his barrister Gillian Batts urged Judge Thomas to give him "one chance" by suspending the custodial sentence.

She submitted that her client was not an arrogant young man who had come to court not caring about the consequences and said the offending would not be repeated.

Miss Batts said Iqbal had been given the keys to the vehicle and because of his immaturity be was "tempted" to drive it.

"He has accepted his wrong-doing from a very early stage and said that he should have stopped," she added.

In reference to his comment earlier this week about a drug offender being on "planet Zog" in the hope of avoiding custody, Judge Thomas said he could say a similar thing about Iqbal's case.

Judge Thomas said the courts had been sending out the message that young men would be locked up if they chose to behave in such way and everybody in Bradford must know that by now.

Sentencing Iqbal to four months in a young offender institution and banning him from driving for 14 months Judge Thomas added:"I hope, finally, this sort of message becomes clearer and clearer and this sort of driving, all too prevalent, comes to an end."