A man has been jailed for 12 weeks after his dangerous driving down a country road caused him to swerve off the road into a field.

Footage from the dash cam in 44-year-old Graham York's Hyundai Tucson showed him demanding the driver of a Volkswagen Golf he was following to pull over.

York accelerated along the single carriageway on French Drove, the B1167 near Thorney, and tried to overtake the Golf on a bend. Instead he lost control on the left hand bend, cleared a roadside ditch and ploughed straight into a field.

Police officers calculated that just before the bend York had been travelling at speeds of 104mph.

Officers were called to the crash, which happened at around 3.20pm on December 29 2017, by a witness. When they spoke to York he claimed the driver of the Hydundai had gone to get help but he was sat in the driver's seat and only soil around the driver's side door had been disturbed.

The officers also discovered York, of Backgate, Cowbit, had his driving licence revoked three years ago for medical reasons.

Appearing at Peterborough Crown Court yesterday (September 12), York was sentenced to 12 weeks in prison for dangerous driving, and was disqualified for four years.

DC Tom Nuttall, who investigated the incident, said: "York's driving was dangerous and the consequences could have been a lot worse. He was clearly angry and not paying attention to the speed he was doing as he approached the sharp left bend.

"York is clearly not safe behind the wheel of a car and I hope this sentence will protect the public in future."