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| Brands Hatch rogue driver Jack Cottle jailed for eight months | Brands Hatch rogue driver Jack Cottle jailed for eight months |
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| A man who drove a car on to the Brands Hatch circuit during a race has been jailed for eight months. | A man who drove a car on to the Brands Hatch circuit during a race has been jailed for eight months. |
| Jack Cottle was arrested after footage of a VW Polo being driven on to the track in June was posted on YouTube. | Jack Cottle was arrested after footage of a VW Polo being driven on to the track in June was posted on YouTube. |
| Cottle, 22, of East Sussex, who was driving his girlfriend's car, had admitted a public nuisance charge at Maidstone Crown Court. | |
| Judge Martin Joy told the defendant, of Durgates, Wadhurst, he had "endangered many lives". | |
| Judge Joy said Cottle's actions were "premeditated" and inexcusable". | |
| The labourer drove the car on to Brands Hatch at high-speed during the last 30 minutes of the four-hour Fun Cup race, on 14 June. | |
| Video footage of the white vehicle, also containing two passengers, making its way on to the track from a pit lane has been viewed more than a million times online. | |
| The footage shows Cottle ignoring his girlfriend's pleas to stop the car. | |
| The defendant pleaded guilty to a charge of causing a public nuisance by driving on to a live racing circuit causing it to be stopped and putting competitors in harm's way. |