SHOCKING footage has shown an off-road biker speeding across a pavement on one wheel after seeing police.

Ellis Murray, 23, was given a six-month driving ban at Workington Magistrates’ Court last week after he pleaded guilty to driving without due care and attention.

CCTV footage, which was played to the court, has now been released and shows Murray riding along the pavement at speed and ‘doing a wheelie’.

He then moves on to the road, looking over his shoulder to see where police are, instead of keeping his eyes on the road.

Prosecutor Pamela Fee said police saw the off-road motorbike outside a property at Salterbeck Road in Workington on June 19. They heard a man shouting ‘quick’, after seeing the police vehicle.

Murray then grabbed the bike, jumped on it and rode off. He drove on the pavement and ‘did a wheelie’, before setting off at speed.

Ms Fee said it was fortunate that no pedestrians had been in the area at the time. She said the offences were aggravated by the excessive speed and aggressive driving.

Murray was driving without insurance because the bike was not meant for use on the road, the court was told.

The defendant, of Middlegate, Great Clifton, Workington, also admitted driving other than in accordance with a licence and driving without insurance.

Mike Woolaghan, defending, said there had been an element of aggression in making off from police but it was ‘very short’ and Murray was off the bike when police caught up with him.

He said the defendant had ‘panicked’ when he saw the police vehicle and moved the bike. He hadn’t committed any offence until the police arrived, the court was told.

Magistrates added six penalty points to the defendant’s driving licence and disqualified him from driving for six months.

Murray was fined £384 and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £154 victim surcharge.