Gavin Collett is being hunted by police after leading officers on a three-hour chase along the south coast yesterday

A fugitive motorcyclist who led police on a three-hour chase reaching speeds of 100mph is a serial abuser of women who was banned from the road last year, MailOnline can reveal.

Gavin Collett, also known as Gavin Rogerson, managed to escape seven police cars and two helicopters as he snaked around Sussex on his motorbike.

Photos and video footage captured during his rampage show him riding without a helmet, going through red lights and speeding on the wrong side of the road.

He is still on the run and being hunted by police after he managed to jump in a getaway car after crashing the bike into a car park barrier.

It comes less than a year after Collett was sentenced to 72 days in jail for harassing his ex-partner with numerous unwanted phone calls and texts.

After he also admitted driving without insurance, he was banned from the road for a year, meaning it was illegal for him to be on the bike at the time of yesterday's chase.

Speaking at the time of his conviction last year, Detective Constable Paul Hitchcock of the Brighton Safeguarding Investigations Unit said; 'Gavin Collett is clearly a violent individual, not just to his ex-partners but also to other members of the public.

'Magistrates issued a Restraining Order to protect his latest victim, and he now has a total of seven such Orders made in respect of seven women who he has met in Sussex through on-line dating websites.'

Collett reached speeds of 100mph and crashed twice during the rampage along the south coast yesterday, even carrying on after he lost his helmet.

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He eventually ditched his bike and fled on foot after ploughing into a barrier at a Brighton city centre car park.

Footage recorded by a motorist's dashboard camera shows the helmet-less biker flying through a red light towards the end of the chase.

Collett is being hunted by police after breaking every traffic law imaginable and crashing twice whilst speeding along the south coast at 100mph yesterday afternoon

He lost his helmet in his first crash of the day but continued to speed on the vehicle without it, whizzing through red lights and driving on the wrong side of the road

Collett, who was pictured by a photographer at the side of the road, was first seen riding in excess of 100mph on the A24 southbound between Broadbridge Heath and Findon, West Sussex, at around 2.30pm yesterday.

He pretty much contravened every road traffic law Police Inspector Dave Frey

A police helicopter was deployed to monitor his route, following him as he continued along the coast.

After circling the area, he crashed in Offington Drive, Worthing, at the junction of the A27 at about 3.40pm.

Leaving his helmet behind, he then sped off in the direction of Durrington, to the west of Worthing, before returning to the main road towards Shoreham.

A second helicopter was then sent to replace the previous one as the suspect approached Hove, East Sussex.

Collett was first seen on the A24 (point 1 on map) before going into Worthing where he had his first crash (2). He then snaked around the town (3) before getting onto the A27 and made his way into Brighton (4). After turning back towards Portslade (5), he returned to the city and crashed in a car park (6). An hour-long search was then carried out for him in the city centre

An attendant recovers the vehicle after the man fled on foot after the rampage last night

He was then traced riding along Dyke Road Avenue into Brighton city centre and down to Brighton Pier, before heading west to Portslade, a district to the west of Brighton.

Still fleeing, he the headed back to Brighton and snaked around the city before crashing at the barriers at shopping centre shortly before 5pm.

Undeterred, the man then entered the mall on foot, where he discarded a leather jacket, and exited out into the town centre.

Inspector Dave Frey said: 'The suspect was riding with total disregard of his own safety and those of others - at excessive speeds, through red lights, manoeuvring around bollards onto the wrong side of the road, and onto pavements in town centres.

'He pretty much contravened every road traffic law and I'm thankful that no one was injured.

'The helicopter was the best option to monitor his progress without causing any further danger. We also had traffic officers and the police dog unit assigned.'

He headed for Brighton again but crashed at the barriers to the Churchill Square Shopping Centre car park at about 4.54pm - bringing his crazed journey to a sudden end

Undeterred, he then entered the mall on foot, where he discarded a leather jacket, and exited out into the town centre. His bike is seen being removed from the car park

Police, including neighbourhood officers, searched the shopping centre and the town centre, and are now reviewing CCTV with security staff.

The motorcycle, helmet and leather jacket have been recovered and will be forensically examined.