Raiders in 100mph chase are jailed

TWO BURGLARS who targeted a family home as children slept upstairs then led police on a highspeed chase across York have been jailed.

Nathan Terrance Adams, 27, and Jordan Lawrence Ellerby, 24, broke into the house in the Thanet Road area of Acomb and stole a BMW 3 Series and Audi TT parked outside in the early hours of December 2 last year.

Shortly after the burglary, the Audi was seen by police on the A1237 near Poppleton. The car failed to stop, leading police on a high-speed pursuit, reaching speeds of more than 100mph across the city.

The car was seen driving on the wrong side of the road, forcing other drivers to move out of the way to avoid a crash.

The chase ended in the Birch Park area after the Audi crashed into a parked car and the driver and passengers fled the scene.

All three occupants, including Adams and Ellerby, were detained by officers a short distance away and arrested.

They were charged with aggravated vehicle taking and appeared at York Crown Court.

Adams admitted his part in the vehicle theft in addition to another burglary in the Beckfield Lane area while on bail, in which he stole the car keys for a Volkswagen Golf GTI parked outside.

Adams, of Knotto Bottom Way, Northallerton, was sentenced at

York Crown Court to five years and nine months in prison.

He was also given a four-year driving ban to start when he is released from prison.

Ellerby, of Healey Grove, York, who is already serving a 38-month sentence for a burglary he committed while on bail, was sentenced to six months, to be served consecutively.

A third man who was arrested was found not guilty following a trial.