A MOTORCYCLIST drove a bike down an alleyway trying to escape police, a court heard.

Daniel Lamb was seen doing a wheelie on his blue Yamaha scramble bike on October 28 before trying to make off down an alley far too tight for him and his bike when a police officer pulled him up for driving without due care and attention.

Peter Love, prosecuting, said the 25-year-old did initially stop after being pulled over by an officer in Bromsgrove Sreet, Kidderminster, who followed him on blue lights.

He said: "The officer put on his blue lights and caused the vehicle to stop. He got out to talk to the defendant but at this point, Mr Lamb made off down a ver narrow alleyway that was smaller than his bike itself.

"The officer went to the exit of the alleyway to stop Mr Lamb before he could make off."

Once apprehended, Lamb, of Queen Elizabeth Road, Kidderminster, swore at the officer, which was heard by two workers nearby, and he was arrested and taken into custody. While in a cell at Kidderminster police station, Lamb damaged the wall by scratching words into it including his name and the number 14.

Lamb was also found to have been driving without insurance and without a valid license.

In mitigation, John Rogers said the offences committed were "really low level".

He said: "The officer saw him do what he described as a wheelie and go down the alleyway which may just about carry the bounty for driving without due care. He was then locked in a cell. What he said he did was write with his thumb nail through the paint."

Daniel Lamb pleaded guilty to driving without due care and attention, using threatening or abusive words likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress, driving without valid insurance, driving a vehicle otherwise than in accordance with a license and criminal damage when he appeared at Kidderminster Magistrates' Court on Thursday, November 13.

Chairman of the magistrates, John Chester, fined Lamb £250 for driving without insurance and imposed six points on his license for the lack of cover and driving without a license. He also ordered he pay £80 compensation to the officer and £75 to West Mercia Police for the damage, and imposed a £25 victim surcharge.

As Lamb already had six points endorsed on his license, the additional points led to him being disqualified from driving for nine months.