A teenage boy has been charged after a police chase ended with a car smashing through a fence.

The pursuit began when the driver of a Vauxhall Astra failed to stop for officers on the A90 near Laurencekirk in Aberdeenshire at 8.30pm on Monday.

It ended a short time later when the car collided with a barbed wire fence between Marykirk and St Cyrus. Nobody was injured.

A 16-year-old boy was detained and has now been charged with road traffic offences.

He is expected to appear at Aberdeen Sheriff Court on Wednesday.