Watch the dramatic moment a gunman led police on a 130mph car chase through Kent.

Officers pursued Rooney Whyte in his Audi after he fired a bullet from a Glock 17 pistol into the ground in Stockbury, near Sittingbourne.

The 42-year-old then led police on a wild chase along the M26 and M25 motorways, weaving between lanes and using the hard shoulder to evade police cars.

A helicopter was brought in to help track the father-of-four during its 35-mile journey from the county into Surrey.

Eventually, the 42-year-old London Underground maintenance engineer abandoned the vehicle while still in motion.

Police later found the weapon with seven bullets in the chamber.

Whyte, of Janson Close, Stratford, east London, can be seen ditching the vehicle in a residential area before sprinting and jumping over a fence.

He makes his way into an open field before laying down and surrendering before two officers with guns detain him.

The Londoner admitted possession of a firearm and ammunition and driving dangerously and was jailed for five years and four months and banned from driving for 47 months.

The prosecutor told how on January 25 a call was made to the police by a resident of Stockbury.

"He reported that a man had come to his house in a black Audi with tinted windows and that man had threatened him with a pistol.

"After threatening to shoot, the man had fired into the ground before moving away," he added.

The victim – who has never been named – gave the police the car's registration and officers began tracking it along the M20 and then the M26.

A police car began following the Audi, which was travelling normally – but then Whyte accelerated dramatically near the Clacket Lane Services, reaching speeds of up to 130 mph, said Mr Davidson.

"It was undertaking at speed, using the hard shoulder, weaving in and out of lanes, crossing solid white lines, overtaking on the opposite side of the road and occasionally heading into oncoming traffic," he added.

"Police had to use a helicopter to keep up with him."

The vehicle left the M25 at Junction 11 and joined the A230, overtaking vehicles into oncoming traffic.

Eventually Whyte jumped out of the vehicle while it was still moving after driving into a in a cul-de-sac in Ottershaw, Surrey.

He fled on foot, jumping several fences before throwing his mobile phone away.

Officers later discovered it contained the postcode of where the gun was fired.

The weapon was found in brambles near conifer trees.

After being arrested, Whyte told officers: "I should have just pulled over."

Gemma Rose, defending, told the court that Whyte said he felt "like a complete idiot".

"We will never show any tolerance for offending of this nature..."

"He made a huge error of judgment," she added.

Commenting after the sentencing, Detective Constable Steven Brown said: "Members of the public had to take evasive action to avoid a collision due to the manner of Whyte’s driving.

"He put himself and other road users at risk and that is not acceptable.

"There is also no good reason for any member of the public to be in possession of a handgun and its live ammunition – only organised criminals with no aversion to committing serious violence would seek to possess such an item.

"I am therefore pleased that this weapon has been removed from circulation.

"We will never show any tolerance for offending of this nature and it is only appropriate that Whyte is now at the beginning of a substantial prison sentence."