A man has been jailed for dangerous driving after he zoomed through a busy shopping centre on an off-road motorbike just feet from mothers pushing strollers.
James Kinsella, 20, from Bootle, admitted four offences including driving without a licence and not wearing protective headgear while riding through the Strand shopping centre in January.
He was sentenced to 12 months in prison and disqualified from driving for three years.
Inspector Ian Jones from Merseyside Police said: "James Kinsella had a blatant disregard for the safety of other people when he drove the scrambler bike through the Strand shopping centre.
"It is clear from the CCTV footage that the centre was very busy at the time and there were a number of shoppers including mums with prams just feet from the bike.
"It is only by sheer luck that nobody was struck by the bike and seriously injured or worse.
"I want to reassure the community that we take the issue of scrambler bikes very seriously and we will do everything we can to take them off the streets and find the people responsible for using them in an illegal, dangerous or antisocial way."
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