A director of a Scots law firm almost struck a police officer with his sports car after he was told to stop.
Charles Jackson, 74, raced off after he was told to stop in Glasgow city centre in February 15 2024.
Jackson - who is a partner in Miller, Beckett, Jackson Limited - had been impatient with traffic amid an ongoing police incident.
Prosecutor Kat Wilson told Glasgow Sheriff Court: "He was driving erratically, swerving between other vehicles and sounding his horn."
The civil lawyer then stopped his Audi Q3 at a red light when a police officer approached the vehicle.
Miss Wilson stated: "The officer asked him to step outside the vehicle.
"Jackson pointed to the traffic signal which then turned green and drove away from officers.
"While driving away, he narrowly missed driving over one of the officer's feet with his tyre."
Officers watched on as Jackson then failed to stop at a red traffic light.
Police made repeated attempts to trace Jackson at his home which were unsuccessful.
However, Jackson later replied to police stating that he was the driver of the car on the date of the incident.
Jackson, of Lenzie, East Dunbartonshire, pleaded guilty this week to a single charge of careless driving.
It was revealed that Jackson had three live penalty points for going through a red light in March 2023.
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Callum Anderson, defending, told the court: "There were numerous cars parked in the lane.
"He approached as traffic was backing up while the police were dealing with another incident.
"My client moved between lanes to make progress the best that he could and there were a number of other vehicles peeping horns due to the congestion.
"Mr Jackson stopped at a red light and an officer approached from the right-hand side and the traffic signal turned green and he moved off.
"He did not appreciate at the time that the officer wanted to speak to him due to their proximity to his vehicle.
"He accepts there was a degree of impatience on his part and has asked to apologise to the police.
"My client is embarrassed and regretful at the situation he finds himself in.
"He is someone who needs his licence as it is extremely important to him professionally - he requires to attend to clients at their homes."
Sheriff Martin Jones KC fined Jackson £470 and put six penalty points onto his licence.
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