A DRUG dealer who jumped from a moving car to escape police was caught on a metal spike as he tried to scale a fence.
Philip Turner, 49, was tailed by traffic officers when they spotted him driving without headlights.
Turner jumped from his moving car, leaving it to plough into traffic bollards, before trying to climb the metal fence.
However, he was arrested when his clothing became caught on a spike on the fence.
Now, Judge Mark Bury has jailed Turner for three years.
Turner's barrister, Richard Woolfall, said: "He has been an absolute fool."
Hull Crown Court heard officers spotted him travelling up Ferensway at 4.10pm on November 21 without his lights on, believing he was using a mobile phone at the wheel.
They pulled him over in Beverley Road and, as he got out of the car, police asked him to move to a safer parking place.
Turner jumped back in his car and screeched off.
Prosecutor Stephen Robinson said: "He crossed both carriageways, forcing oncoming traffic to brake and two vehicles had to swerve.
"He went to Marlborough Terrace and left the moving vehicle, leaving it to crash into pedestrian bollards.
"He attempted to escape by jumping over a fence but he got caught on the metal spikes by his jeans and was detained."
Police discovered £1,700 in cash on Turner before going to his home in Holderness Road, east Hull.
Three bags of cannabis and seven bags of amphetamine weighing 8kg were discovered hidden in a rip in his sofa and more was in the fridge.
Turner has four previous convictions for supplying amphetamines and cocaine and was jailed for seven years in 2006 for his drug dealing.
Turner pleaded guilty to possessing cannabis and amphetamines with intent to supply and to dangerous driving.
Mr Woolfall said: "He is a vulnerable fool who gets trapped time and time again. He can never manage to break away from it because of his association with the drugs world.
"The only positive thing he had was his driving licence and, through his own stupidity by driving without his lights on, he has lost it. He has lost everything.
"He would wish to apologise to everyone. He knows he is going to get longer and longer sentences."
Judge Mark Bury told Turner: "You are again before the court for offences relating to possession and the potential supply of drugs.
"You were stopped by the police for a motoring violation and you drove off dangerously, no doubt because you didn't want to be caught with £1,700 on you.
"When your home was searched, a significant quantity of cannabis and amphetamines were found.
"This is serious offending, given your previous convictions, and only a custodial sentence of some length can be justified."
Turner has been jailed for three years and banned from driving for 12 months.
He has also been ordered to pay a £120 victims' surcharge.
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