A Warwick man has been jailed for six months and slapped with a $4,000 fine for traffic offences including a high speed chase on the outskirts of Hamilton.

Shannon Smith 26, of Spice Hill Road, Warwick, had been in Magistrates? Court on Friday where he was ordered to pay $5,000 in fines for various traffic violations.

The same court heard on Monday how Smith was spotted driving a silver BMW while banned on Trimingham Hill, Paget in the early hours of March 25.

Police chased him along East Broadway as he went over 110 kph.

Ignoring stop signs he then sped up Cavendish Road and along Middle Road before coming down Corkscrew Hill in similar erratic manner.

He went up Trimingham Hill and South Road at speeds of over 130 kph. Police were forced to give up the chase after he overtook a line of traffic while a car was coming in the opposite direction.

The car was found abandoned in Devonshire but he left his mobile phone which had message from a woman asking him to come to her home.

This message later destroyed an attempt by Smith to get the woman to give him an alibi.

On Monday he pleaded guilty to driving while banned, driving dangerously, failing to stop at a stop sign and conspiring to pervert the course of justice.

Smith apologised for dragging the girl into his attempt to pervert the course of justice and said it would never happen again.

But Mr. Warner said: ?You are the same guy I spoke to last week. Have you paid those fines??

Smith said yes. Last Friday the court was told Smith had been convicted on July 28, 2004 for driving with no third party insurance (twice) and was fined $2,500 and $1,000. Neither of these fines had yet been paid, but Smith the court he had ?$6,000 in my pocket?.

Smith also had to pay a $1,000 fine for driving while disqualified on November 22 last year.

Smith was adamant he had paid this fine and told the court he had already paid $2,000 in outstanding fines.

Mr. Warner told Smith to pay an additional fine for $1,000 for driving again while disqualified on February 17 this year.

He was also disqualified from driving all vehicles for two years.

Mr. Warner said it was clear Smith had repeatedly committed such offences and would continue to do so. He fined Smith $1,000 for each new offence and jailed him for six months.

However Smith is due back in court on Friday after earlier pleading not guilty to speeding and driving without a licence on January 2. He also pleaded not guilty to driving an unlicensed and uninsured motorcycle on January 9.