A JILTED boyfriend sparked a 130mph police chase from Hull to Howden after bombarding his ex-girlfriend with text messages, threatening to kill her.
Neil Perkins, 30, sent threatening and sinister text messages to his former lover, vowing to "hunt her down" before heading to her home with the intention of hurting her.
However, police were protecting the woman when he arrived at her door in Sutton and he fled in his car, driving at speeds of up to 130 mph through Hull's busiest streets including Ferensway and Anlaby Road.
He sped through red lights at 80mph and drove on the wrong side of the road during the 40-mile police chase, which eventually ended when traffic officers managed to block him in on the M62 motorway near Howden.
Now, Perkins has been jailed for 18 months.
Recorder Abdul Iqbal told him: "This was a vulnerable victim you had already assaulted and scared.
"Your audacity was clear, you were not afraid of the police at all.
"The driving was appalling, outrageous and absolutely inexcusable at speeds of about 100mph. Any collision would have caused the death of you and others.
"The public needs to be protected from driving such as this."
The pair had been in a relationship together from last September until they broke up in June.
Perkins argued with her after she failed to arrange for his son, whom she had never met, to send him a Father's Day card.
He smashed her phone against a wall and dragged her out of her home, slamming the door on her arm.
The next day, she told him she wanted to end the relationship.
On June 18, he began calling her and sending her threatening messages.
His messages read: "I'm coming to get you", "You are dead", "Be tooled up – I am", "I'm going to hunt you down" and "I'm going to kill you".
The woman called the police and they rang Perkins, warning him to leave the woman alone.
He refused to believe it was an officer and drove to her home.
When he saw the police cars, he sped off and a police chase began.
Foe 30 minutes, he drove along Beverley Road on the wrong side of the road to evade the police at speeds of up to 100mph through the city centre before hurtling through three sets of red lights in Anlaby before joining the A63, which led onto the M62.
At one stage, a police car, travelling at 130mph, tried to overtake Perkins to stop him and he pulled in front of the car causing the officer to brake heavily.
Perkins turned off the carriageway at Howden and drove at 105mph in 30mph zones.
It was only when he rejoined the A63, with smoke billowing from his car, that police were able to block him in and stop him.
He tried to run from his car but one officer drove his car up to the driver's door to stop him from opening it.
Recorder Iqbal said: "This was a course of conduct which was both vindictive and very distressing to your victim. The death threats continued and you intended she should believe you would kill her.
"Making threats to kill was serious and sinister and it was intended they should be believed.
"This is some of the most dangerous driving I have seen. The dangerous driving was appalling and it is merciful there were no deaths."
Perkins, now of Cleethorpes, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, assault, damaging property and making threats to kill.
He was banned from driving for two years and was ordered to take an extended retest. He has also been given a restraining order until further notice.
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