WATCH: Shocking CCTV footage of Harrogate driver towing man in wheelchair through town

Michael Ward, 20, of Walworth Avenue, Harrogate, appeared before Harrogate Magistrates on July 20.

He pleaded guilty to dangerous driving on Cheltenham Parade in Harrogate on January 28 and was disqualified from driving for 20 months, ordered to complete 200 hours of unpaid work, fined £85 CPS costs and £85 victim’s surcharge.

At around 12.25am on Saturday January 28, Ward was seen on CCTV talking to 28-year-old William MacPherson outside of the Moko Lounge Bar, on Kings Road.

Ward proceeded to drive along Kings Road as MacPherson, who was seated in a wheelchair, held on to the back of the car before they became detached.

Ward stopped and reversed back to MacPherson who took hold of the vehicle again.

They then continued to travel and came to a stop on two other occasions up Cheltenham Parade and Cheltenham Crescent before turning left onto Oxford Street and coming to a stop outside McDonald’s.

MacPherson, of Link Way, Harrogate, also pleaded guilty at the same hearing, to holding onto a vehicle for the purpose of being drawn.

He was fined £154 and ordered to pay £30 CPS costs and £30 victim’s surcharge.

TC Rob Roberts of Harrogate’s Road Policing team said: “Ward and MacPherson acted selfishly that night. They paid no regard to the safety of other road users or pedestrians and chose to act in a dangerous manner.

“I hope the sentence that has been handed to them teaches a lesson to both them, and others, that reckless behaviour will not be tolerated on our roads.”