Motorist injured friends in smash

A MOTORIST faces a “significant” ban after he admitted injuring two friends in a high-speed smash outside Perth.

Jack Ferguson appeared at the city’s sheriff court and admitted two counts of dangerous driving just days apart.

The 21-year-old sped through streets in Perth in early April last year, and forced another driver to take evasive action.

The incident ended with a confrontation with the other motorist, the court heard. Days later, he caused a serious crash on the Huntingtower to Crieff road. Ferguson, of Tweedsmuir Road, admitted he had no licence or insurance at the time of the second crash.

He pled guilty to dangerous driving.

The court heard Ferguson drove through Tulloch Road, Primrose Crescent and Langside Road on April 5, while failing to keep a safe distance behind another vehicle.

He then tried to overtake it while unsafe to do so, drove at excessive speed and entered a roundabout on the wrong side, causing the other car to take evasive action.

Nine days later, Ferguson sped along the Huntingtower to Crieff road, before losing control of his car. Passenger Lewis McKinnon and another man were injured.

McKinnon, 21, of South Methven Street, Perth had, at a previous hearing, admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive manner following the first driving incident.

The court heard McKinnon was due to have been called as a witness if Ferguson’s case went to trial.

He did not attend for sentencing yesterday and his solicitor could not explain his absence. An arrest warrant was issued.

Ferguson will be sentenced on July 12.

Jack Ferguson