Adam Hopkins was sentenced to 16 months in prison for dangerous driving after leading police on a 90-minute pursuit through Swansea (Image: South Wales Police)

A driver led police on a 90-minute pursuit around the streets of Swansea which saw him racing through residential streets, ramming cop cars, driving on the wrong side of a dual carriageway, and at one stage briefly becoming "airborne" when his car crashed through a roundabout.

Adam Hopkins refused to leave his cell to attend his sentencing hearing at Swansea Crown Court and a judge decided to sentence him in his absence, saying that by not going into the dock the defendant had continued to show his "contempt" for the criminal justice system.

Caitlyn Jones, prosecuting, told the court that at 11pm on October 24 this year polic

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