Starrs ran off from the scene after the crash and got into the back of a black Range Rover before he was driven away from the area.

Two days later police officers spotted Starrs wearing a face mask at a petrol station in Whitburn.

He drove off in a Ford EcoSport and failed to stop when officers pursued him with their blue lights activated.

Police abandoned their pursuit but later traced the vehicle to a car park.

They went to the address of one of Starrs’ associates, where they discovered him hiding in a bedroom.

It later emerged Starrs was first convicted of driving offences when he was aged 16 and has been banned from driving six times.

He also amassed convictions for crimes of dishonesty, drug supply and possession of firearms.

Lady Ross described his criminal record as “appalling”.

She told him she would have jailed him for longer had it not been for his guilty plea.

She said: “The sentence cannot measure the value of Mr Brown’s life. No sentence can do that.”