Overview
- Cannock Magistrates' Court imposed a 24-week sentence suspended for 12 months, a 15-day rehabilitation requirement, 150 hours of unpaid work, a 12-month driving ban, £85 costs and a £154 surcharge.
- Brookes pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and failing to stop when required by a constable.
- Police were alerted by a friend’s welfare call reporting she was suicidal, and ANPR later located her yellow Chevrolet on the A34 in the early hours.
- During the pursuit she phoned control saying she would crash if officers did not back off, reached up to 90mph, avoided a deployed stinger and exceeded limits on damp roads.
- She lost control at a mini-roundabout on Silkmore Lane, hit railings and spun 180 degrees, then attempted but was unable to continue; she recorded zero on a breath test and an officer said her driving showed complete disregard for safety.