Driver jailed after 140mph motorway chase
Lewis Moore, 34, from Neston, Cheshire, was sentenced to 24 weeks in prison and disqualified from driving for 14 months at the North Staffordshire Justice Centre on Friday.
Moore admitted to dangerous driving, failing to stop, driving without a proper licence and driving without insurance.
He also received a financial penalty of £154.
Officers from Staffordshire Police said Moore refused to stop while driving a blue Ford Fiesta ST near junction 14 on the northbound carriageway of the M6 on 30 December.
He reached speeds of 140mph and used the hard shoulder to undertake vehicles in his way, they added.
They said the car eventually came to a stop near junction 16 when it ran out of fuel.
PC Kara Pilarczyk said officers were "extremely grateful" to other drivers who saw what was happening and gave them space to work safely and detain the driver.
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