A dangerous driver described as one of the worst police have ever seen sped down the hard shoulder at more than 100mph, crashed – then got out to urinate.

Footage shows Miley Connors, 37, flying down the M40 in a silver Mercedes-Benz SUV with a child as a passenger.

Police were called at around 4:10pm on December 29, 2021, after numerous people spotted Connors driving on the motorway in Warwickshire.

He then crossed into Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, weaving in and out of traffic at high speed.

The car hit the central reservation on the Shabbington bend between junctions nine and 8A, causing it to spin and lose a tyre.

Fortunately, the car did not hit any other vehicles but Connors continued driving to the overbridge near Worminghall, where he got out and started urinating.

A child then got out of the car and ran away up by the embankment.

Officers searched for Connors and the child, with support from the National Police Air Service, and found them nearby.

Connors was arrested and the child was taken in for safeguarding. The 37-year-old was charged the following day.

A jury unanimously found Connors, who lives in Hambrook, West Sussex, guilty of one count each of dangerous driving and child neglect at Oxford Crown Court on February 16, 2024.

He was sentenced to two years in prison, suspended for two years, at the same court on April 12.

The judge also disqualified Connors from driving for two years, after which he will need to pass an extended retest to get his licence back.

The defendant was ordered to complete 250 hours of unpaid work, 120 days of alcohol monitoring and an accredited thinking skills programme within 20 days, as well as paying £3,000 in a fine and costs.

Investigating officer PC Amy Boughton, of Thames Valley Police, said: “This was one of the worst pieces of driving I have ever seen.

“Not only is it shocking to watch, it’s gut-wrenching to know there was a young child in that vehicle, scared and crying.

“The child was found wet, muddy and cold and stood over Miley Connors, who was throwing up and incapable of looking after them.

“I can only hope that Connors takes this second chance and makes recompense for the lives he could so easily have taken because of his reckless actions.”