A glamorous teenager who drove an unmarked police car on a five-mile-per-hour chase through a city center while under the influence has been spared jail after blaming her “condition.” mental” of his dangerous driving.
Zuzanna Kozlowska, 19, ran a red light, weaved between cars, sped over a humpback bridge at 68 mph and took a curve at 82 mph, unaware that the unmarked patrol car was following her.
Kozlowska was eventually detained after the officer who had been following her since she ran away from him at a traffic light in Warrington, Cheshire, flashed his blue lights and told her to stop.
He passed a breathalyzer test despite admitting he was under the influence.
Zuzanna Kozlowska, 19, ran a red light, weaved between cars, sped over a humped bridge at 100 km/h and took a curve at 132 km/h, unaware that the unmarked patrol car was following her.
Kozlowska was eventually detained after the officer who had been following her since she ran away from him at a traffic light in Warrington, Cheshire, flashed his blue lights and told her to stop.
Kozlowska, of Little Stanney, Chester, faced six months in jail under sentencing guidelines after admitting dangerous driving, but was spared jail and given a suspended sentence at Warrington Magistrates’ Court after apologize for your behavior.
Kozlowska, born in Poland, said on behalf of herself: “There’s not much to say except that I’m very sorry.” I wasn’t in my right mind at all. I should never have gotten into the car under the influence of alcohol. I know it’s wrong. I wasn’t in the right frame of mind at the time.’
The incident occurred on October 19 last year when Kozlowska was seen driving her Seat Ibiza on the A49 Winwick Road in Warrington erratically at 10.36pm after she stopped at a red light.
Miss Nicola Parr, prosecuting, said: “The officer pursuing the defendant says the Ibiza passed him while he was driving an unmarked police vehicle, so he would not have known it was a police car.
He passed a breathalyzer test despite admitting he was under the influence.
Kozlowska, of Little Stanney, Chester, faced six months in jail under sentencing guidelines after admitting dangerous driving, but was spared jail and given a suspended sentence at Warrington Magistrates’ Court after apologize for your behavior.
“The defendant entered lane one and struck another vehicle in lane two before going through a small gap and accelerating at high speed. The officer regained contact with the defendant on Mersey Street where he was stopped at a red light.
“He accelerated too quickly at the roundabout and then stopped at the red light at that intersection. He pulled away at the green light at Bridgefoot and immediately accelerated into lane one, taking lane two again. He exceeded the speed limit while crossing the bridge at the roundabout. I was driving over 40 mph in a 30 mph zone.
‘The next traffic light at the end of Bridgefoot was amber and changed to red before the defendant reached the junction. She violated the red light signal. She crossed into lane one. She entered the roundabout. She took the roundabout at high speed in the wrong lane, in what the officer described as a race around the bend.
Miss Parr said that after leaving the roundabout she drove at 51mph towards a built-up residential area on the A5060, which has a 30mph limit with a cycle lane on the opposite side, several side streets, a pedestrian crossing and reduced visibility. by parked cars.
Miss Parr said that continuing along Chester Road, passing Gainsborough Road, she approached a swing bridge driving above the speed limit, which was now 40mph, and went onto the wrong side of the road. Only when she saw the headlights of an approaching car did she “return to the place where she should have been.”
The incident occurred on October 19 last year when Kozlowska was seen driving her Seat Ibiza along the A49 Winwick Road in Warrington erratically at 10.36pm after it was stopped at a red light.
Miss Nicola Parr, prosecuting, said: “The officer pursuing the defendant says the Ibiza passed him while he was driving an unmarked police vehicle, so he would not have known it was a police car.”
Proceeding along the A56 Chester Road, now a two-lane road, it reached 60mph and then took a left bend at 68mph, before continuing at that speed as it climbed a hill to a bridge which the officer described as “being blind” and crossed at 70 mph.
Miss Parr described her accelerating away from the officer, reaching a speed of 75mph, and then, after slowing down on another left-hand bend, rising to 80mph before braking.
He then took another left turn at 130 km/h, where the road was dark and without street lighting. When it reached a T-junction on the A56 at Daresbury it reached a speed of 140km/h in an 80km/h zone.
“The officer signaled the driver to stop and asked for a roadside breath sample. He consumed 31 micrograms of alcohol, which is below the legal limit of 35 mg. This was a deliberate decision to ignore the rules of the road and disregarding the risk of danger to others It was prolonged, persistent and deliberate dangerous driving.
“The speed was significantly in excess of the speed limit or was grossly inappropriate for the road or weather conditions. But it must also be said that the officer following him did not activate his emergency lights until the end of the chase and the defendant stopped when asked to do so.’
Kozlowska was sentenced to six months in prison, suspended for two years, and ordered to complete 300 hours of unpaid work, the maximum a court can impose plus 20 days of rehabilitation activity. She was also banned from driving for two years and she will have to take an extended driving test before getting her license back. She was also ordered to pay £274 in costs and victim surcharge.
JP Peter Hunt told him: ‘You are one step away from a prison sentence. You must be on your best behavior from now on. Of course, that includes not touching a motor vehicle.’