Man who admitted A1 police pursuit crash charge drove to work two days later

A personal trainer who was taking a woman out on a first date has admitted dangerous driving after a huge crash which followed a police pursuit on the A1, as well as continuing to get behind the wheel while on bail. Mazyar Azarbonyad, 20, appeared at Newcastle Magistrates’ Court on Saturday where he pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, failing to stop twice and having no licence and no insurance during the crash on April 9, when five police vehicles were badly damaged and seven officers required hospital treatment. And just two days later he was back behind the wheel, driving a red Hyundai on April 11, 12, 13 and 15 to get to work at a gym in Newcastle, despite being warned not to drive and having no licence or insurance.