Man who stole delivery car and drove it along pavement in Wolverhampton city centre is jailed
A man who stole a delivery car and drove it down a pavement in Wolverhampton city centre, narrowly missing pedestrians and cutting off electricity to 130 properties when he hit an electricity box, has been jailed for 18 months.
Disqualified driver Craig Foster 'saw the opportunity' when a delivery worker left his smart car unlocked with the keys in the ignition as he went to pick up food to deliver.
Wolverhampton Crown Court heard despite the delivery driver jumping through the passenger side to try and grab the keys, the car travelled a short distance on the pavement of Market Street around 3pm on June 12 this year.
It narrowly missed two people who had to jump out of the way into a pizza shop, before hitting and damaging an electricity box on the corner of Queen Street causing the loss of power to 130 properties in the area nearby.
Andrew Wallace, prosecuting, described Foster, aged 40 as a 'prolific offender' who had 40 previous convictions for 108 offences, many of them driving-related but also for theft and assault causing actual bodily harm.
