Ashley Makin, 32, who had previously carried out a terrifying raid on a McDonald's in Bredbury, Stockport, was travelling alone on the M6 northbound towards Penrith, Cumbria, in a black Vauxhall Insignia just before 3 pm on Friday, July 1.
"It had a light out," prosecutor Tim Evans told Carlisle Crown Court. "What police noted was the speed of the vehicle was going up and down. They decided to stop it.
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