A stolen car flipped over and hit two vehicles in a high speed police pursuit towards the M606, Bradford Crown Court heard.

The Seat Leon taken in a burglary two months earlier was carrying Jared Lupton and Alfie Leahy as well as five sets of licence plates.

The court heard the pair were passengers in the car when it sped off along Tong Street, Bradford, towards the city centre. It ran a red light and went up to 100mph on Rooley Lane before a police officer carried out a ‘tactical contact’ manoeuvre to stop it.

When the police vehicle struck the Seat’s passenger side door it flipped over and struck two vehicles, the court was told.

Back seat passenger Leahy, 18, of Farfield Avenue, Wibsey, Bradford, was wearing a balaclava and gloves.

Lupton, 22, of Cleckheaton Road, Oakenshaw, Bradford, was also wearing gloves, the court was told. Both pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicle taking, by allowing themselves to be carried in a stolen car, and going equipped for theft on November 5 last year.

Leahy also admitted handling a stolen car and going equipped for burglary on June 11, 2021. The court heard that he was a passenger in a stolen Mini Countryman on Dick Lane, Bradford, at 1.45am when it sped off. It was found abandoned in Sangster Way and a balaclava and gloves with Leahy’s DNA on were recovered from a bin nearby.

Harry Crowson said in mitigation that Leahy was 17 when he committed the offences with older accomplices. He had a young son and had kept out of trouble since.

Nicholas Leadbeater, for Lupton, said he had been recalled to prison and knew he would get a jail sentence today. He was a young man determined to change his ways by attending education classes to get gainful employment in the future.

Recorder Tahir Khan QC said Lupton had committed the offences while on licence so the time he had spent in custody on remand would not count against the sentence he was about to pass.

He was jailed for eight months and banned from driving for 16 months.

Leahy was 17 at the time and the court’s primary consideration was rehabilitation.

A report from the Youth Offending Team said he had engaged well with them and had kept out of trouble since. He had been subject to a qualifying curfew while on bail that was equivalent to a custodial sentence of 100 days.

He was sentenced to a 12-month community order with a rehabilitation activity re-quirement of up to 20 days, a three month curfew order and 100 hours of unpaid work.

He was banned from driving for 12 months.