A young mum sparked a motorway police chase after she "panicked" about collecting passports for a family getaway. Sophia Dillon, 20, from Everton, Liverpool, wasn't covered by insurance to drive the BMW and only had a provisional licence. Despite not being legally permitted to drive solo, Dillon led the cops on a 121mph pursuit along the M60 - with the drama ending when officers discovered her two year old son in the back seat.
Dillon raced dangerously between other cars and almost spun out behind a lorry - although insists her son wasn't initially in the car during the chase, claiming she picked him up while the police momentarily lost track of her. Prosecutors argued the toddler was seated in a booster without a seatbelt when the BMW was finally stopped. But the judge concluded there was no concrete evidence to confirm the child's presence during the high-speed chase.
Throughout the seven-minute chase, the waitress undertook on the hard shoulder and drove over a rumble strip on the motorway. Warrington Magistrates' Court was told that she managed to lose the pursuing officer after exiting a section of the eastbound M60 near Manchester and running red lights. The car was found by another officer 10 minutes later, reports the Echo.
When questioned, Dillon explained her "panic" stemmed from collecting family passports in Liverpool before heading to Manchester Airport for a holiday. She denied her son was with her in the car while she was being chased by police, claiming she had picked him up during the time officers lost sight of her.
