A PERSISTENT Barnsley offender - unable to give up the "kudos" he thought he got from his life of crime - has failed to convince Appeal Court judges his sentence was too long.
Stuart Ronald Egley, 20, of Bruce Avenue, was jailed for a clutch of offences despite protesting that he wanted to break free from his heavily-convicted past.
After police spotted him in a stolen Ford Ka in October last year, Egley led them on a 25-minute high-speed chase, ending with a potentially lethal pursuit down the M1.
The Criminal Appeal Court heard he drove the wrong way down the hard shoulder in the car, before turning to join the traffic on the main carriageway.
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