A 25-year-old man who drove dangerously through Gloucestershire from the Cinderford area to Cheltenham has been banned from the roads for 18 months and ordered to do 80 hours of unpaid work for the community.

Jack Finn, who lives at a YMCA hostel in Vittoria Road, Cheltenham, pleaded guilty at Cheltenham Magistrates’ Court to driving dangerously between Speech House Road, Ruspidge and points in between to Tewkesbury Road, Cheltenham, on 30th January last year.

As well as the 18 months driving disqualification, he was placed on a two-year community order with mental health treatment, electronically tagged for six months to monitor his movements and ordered to do 80 hours of unpaid work.

He was also ordered to pay £80 costs.

Finn further admitted an unrelated charge of entering premises in Hine Gardens, Cheltenham, on 10th November 2024 in contravention of a police closure order under the Anti Social Behaviour Act.

For that offence he was fined £45 and ordered to pay £85 costs and an £18 surcharge.