THESE dramatic pictures show how a banned driver leads police on a 70mph pursuit through the streets of Burnley including driving through a pedestrian subway.

At one point during the five-mile chase a dog walker and her pet even have to leap out of the path of druggie Barry Duxbury as he speeds down a public footpath.

And police chiefs today blasted Duxbury's dangerous driving and said lives were put in danger.

Duxbury's midnight chase was captured on a police video - and shown here as a Range Rover followed him driving at 70mph in a 30mph zone, driving without lights and even taking off' from the road because he was going so fast.

The chase began at 12.40am last week after the defendant was spotted speeding in Liverpool Road in Burnley.

Police tried to catch Duxbury and as they approached Gannow Top, they saw a vehicle spinning in the road after the defendant had hit it. Duxbury accelerated away with smoke coming from his car, almost lost control on bends and went down streets with no regard for other vehicles or pedestrians. As he reached Keith Street, he went onto a walkway and then through a pedestrian subway. He came out the other end at another walkway next to Gannow Lane, stopped in a back street, turned his lights off and reversed towards the police vehicle. He then accelerated away, mounted the kerb and entered the walkway and subway again. A dog walker on the pavement had to get out of the way.

Duxbury finally stopped and was arrested. He had eight wraps of heroin on him.

Duxbury, of Gannow Lane, Burnley, admitted dangerous driving, driving while disqualified, no insurance and possessing heroin when he appeared before magistrates on Monday. He was remanded in custody.

The defendant, 30, said by the prosecution to have an "horrendous " driving record with almost 70 previous convictions, including a long record for banned driving and taking vehicles without consent, was committed to crown court for sentence by District Judge Lowe who told him he had put others at risk of injury, if not death, and the maximum six months jail term he could impose was not enough. The judge told him he was facing a substantial custodial sentence.

Inspector Phil Cottam, of Lancashire Police's motorway unit, said: "This is part of our initative Operation Summer Nights and the motorway unit to target anti-socail drivers both on and off the motorway in Burnley and other areas.

"This anti-social driver fits the profile of the people we are looking for and I would condemn that we he drove his motor vehicle through a pedestrian underpass, which is used by young children and cyclists, in a manner which could have caused very serious injury. He had already collided with another car on the roundabout and just drove off. This is another dangerous driver who has been removed from the roads of Lancashire."