He told a court he was ‘stupid’ and it ‘the worst thing that I have ever done’
Alan Mamrot, pictured outside Hull Crown Court(Image: Hull Live)
A tearaway BMW driver hurtled along the M62 and A63 at frightening speeds of nearly 120mph – repeatedly weaving in and out of other vehicles – in a desperate attempt to flee from the pursuing police. His panicking passenger hurled items, including drugs and phones, out of the side window during the high-speed chase but some of them were later recovered by eagle-eyed police officers.
The highly dangerous chase eventually came to a sudden end when the car was forced to pull over to the side of the road in clouds of smoke because of a punctured tyre, Hull Crown Court heard. Alan Mamrot, 22, of Yatesbury Garth, Bransholme, Hull, admitted dangerous driving, being concerned in the supply of cannabis, possessing £945 cash as criminal property, having no insurance and driving with the incorrect licence.
Austin Newman, prosecuting, said that police spotted a BMW car on the M62 between Howden and North Cave at about 4.05pm on June 25 last year. Mamrot was driving and another man was the passenger.
The police indicated that they wanted the car to stop but it accelerated off in an attempt to escape. There was a chase heading towards Hull on the A63 and Mamrot drove at speeds of between 80mph and 119mph – weaving around other vehicles that were travelling at speed ahead of him.
Mamrot tailgated other vehicles until they moved over for him, undertook and drove between vehicles to get past them and drove at speed on the hard shoulder or on part of the central reservation to overtake or undertake.
During the chase, items were thrown out of the front passenger window. Some of the items, including drugs and mobile phones, were later found by the police. The passenger was charged with drugs possession and supply.
“It was a prolonged course of dangerous driving,” said Mr Newman.
The chase eventually came to an end when Mamrot’s car suffered a puncture and he was forced to pull over in clouds of smoke.
“None of the items could be directly linked to this defendant,” said Mr Newman. It was clear that Mamrot was acting in some capacity with the other man.
Police found £945 cash in Mamrot’s wallet. He claimed that this was the proceeds of selling a bike.
He refused to give the PIN for his mobile phone and it was not until December that the police had the results of examining it. There were messages suggesting cannabis supply, involving buying the drug in kilogram weights to supply to street dealers.
Mamrot had convictions for dangerous driving and failing to stop for police in July 2022 and for drug-driving in April 2023. He had been banned from driving by Hull magistrates on both occasions.
Mamrot told the court: “It’s the worst thing that I have ever done. I can’t believe I was so foolish.” He agreed that his driving was “stupid” and that he could have seriously injured or killed himself or someone else.
Steven Garth, mitigating, said that Mamrot had worked full-time at a food factory for about nine months. He had a daughter aged about two-and-a-half.
Mamrot claimed that he had not used drugs since starting work. He had lived in this country for 10 years, although his father was still in Poland, and he believed that he had settled status to remain in this country.
Mamrot was given a two-year suspended prison sentence and 100 hours’ unpaid work. He was banned from driving for three years. He must pass an extended retest before he can drive legally again.
The £945 cash seized will be forfeited and given to the Space2BHeard project. The phone will also be forfeited.
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