Gangster given extra jail time after chase

A gangster has been handed extra jail time after a high speed chase with police in his Mini.

Mark Richardson, from Edinburgh, had been tailed through streets in the north of Glasgow in December 2016.

The 31-year-old whizzed through traffic, weaving in and out of other vehicles as a police helicopter kept watch overhead.

Richardson is believed to have initially thought it was rival criminals who were following him. But, after dumping the Mini in Springburn and getting into another car, he was caught by officers from the Organised Crime and Terrorism Unit.

The incident emerged as Richardson appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court. He had been part of a nine-strong major crime mob who were jailed for a total of 87 years in January.

Richardson was sentenced to 18 months after he pleaded guilty to culpable and reckless conduct.

The jail term will run consecutively to the eight years and nine months he was given at the high court for having a Glock handgun.