A CARLISLE teenager published a video of himself on social media showing how he sped along the M6 at more than 100mph while drinking vodka.

The shocking footage of the clearly drunk 17-year-old was played during a hearing at Carlisle’s Rickergate Magistrates’ Court as a prosecutor outlined how the youth made an illegal 100-mile car journey between Blackpool and Carlisle.

The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, admitted six offences, including driving dangerously and while disqualified, failing to stop after an accident, and breaching his existing detention and training order.

Prosecutor George Shelley outlined the facts.

He said the defendant took the Ford Fiesta from a location in Blackpool on April 4 and then began driving towards Carlisle. The lawyer said: “While driving back he videoed himself and the clip [to be shown in court] shows him driving at over 100mph.

“He also drives on the hard shoulder, at one point undertaking a HGV.”

In the video, the youth is seen repeatedly swigging from a vodka bottle as he drove northwards through the night, his speech heavily slurred as he repeatedly comments that he is “absolutely steaming.”

In parts of the video, the youth is seen gripping both the steering wheel and the half empty vodka bottle at the same time, with the camera showing both the speedometer and the road ahead.

At one point, a police car is seen driving on the southbound carriageway of the motorway, with its blue lights flashing. This prompted the defendant to comment: “Oh my God!”

After he arrived at Carlisle, the court heard, the teenager drove to a residential street in the west of the city and crashed into a parked Citroen. “He then made off,” said Mr Shelley. When he was eventually caught, the boy refused to answer questions.

The youth had two previous convictions for driving while disqualified and two for dangerous driving. A worker from the county’s Youth Offending Service provided extensive background about the youth.

She described how he previously breached the licence his detention and training order licence after his release by flouting his curfew, saying he needed to visit the A&E Department of Carlisle’s Cumberland Infirmary because of back pain.

On one occasion, he was missing for four hours overnight. The teenager also associated with a youth last month in defiance of a court order.

But while he was in detention he had engaged well with staff, gaining maths and English qualifications and taking his ADHD medication.

The worker outlined an unsettled accommodation history and how the teenager associated with adults who used drugs and were a “negative” influence.

“This is his second breach of this detention and training order,” said the officer, pointing out that the recent breakdown of an accommodation arrangement that was in place with the boy’s grandparents had led to him leading a chaotic lifestyle.

“This increased the risk to himself and to other people,” she said, adding that youth justice staff were “struggling" to manage the risk the teenager posed.

Chris Toms, defending, said the teenager’s parents were both “heavily involved in drugs” and this led to him living with his grandparents. “Whether it’s the lack of an effective role model, or whatever it is, he’s tried to grow up way too fast,” said the lawyer.

The teenager had got involved with things he could not handle and had made “massive wrong choices,” said the lawyer. Talking to the youth revealed that he was neither surly or aggressive, said Mr Toms.

Mr Toms added: “He engages, and he recognises the stupidity of his actions yesterday. He does seem to understand that he can’t carry on like this.”

Asked by District Judge John Temperley about the video of his driving, the youth said he could not recall what happened.

“It happened in the moment,” said the youth. “I don’t really want to go back to jail but if it has to be, it has to be.”

The District Judge said there could be no realistic alternative to custody. Noting that the youth’s level of maturity was “considerably less” than his age, District Judge Temperley said: “Were you an adult, you would have received a sentence near to the two-year mark.

“But I have reduced that because of your age.”

He imposed a 14-month detention and training order. The young is already serving a 58 month driving ban and will have to pass an extended driving test before he can drive independently.

The youth also admitted driving without a licence or insurance. A charge of aggravated vehicle taking was not proceeded with. The boy’s grandmother and his mother were in court for the hearing.