March 25th 2023.
(Image Source: https://metro.co.uk) Jarren Reid was jailed for van-jacking and wounding a delivery driver
A person who stole a van from an Amazon delivery driver and caused them to be suspended from the windscreen has been given a prison sentence.
Jarren Reid, of Lapworth Road, Coventry, will be incarcerated for 13 and a half years after confessing to both theft and wounding.
On November 19 2018, Reid was following a driver for the e-commerce company in his Mercedes A Class along Malborough Road and Dean Street in the Stoke area.
When the driver, Oleg Madan, stopped his transit van to complete a delivery, Reud jumped out of his car into Madan’s and tried to speed away, CoventryLive reported at the time.
But the driver clung to the bonnet of his van in a frantic attempt to hinder the van-jacking.
Reid continued to drive carelessly for multiple minutes as Madan clung on, even driving from side to side and slamming the brakes to shake him off.
(Image Source: https://metro.co.uk) Reid evaded police for four years
(Image Source: https://metro.co.uk) The driver was left in a coma
Whilst shouting for help, Madan was thrown off and sustained serious injuries when a lorry struck him, leaving him struggling for his life in a coma.
He still has issues with movement and balance and required complex surgery.
Police recovered Madan’s van destroyed in Shileton Land close to Reid’s home address.
The defendant spent years eluding police – simply uttering ‘no comment’ when interrogated by officers – before he eventually was charged.
DC Keith Clarkson, from West Midlands Police, said: ‘This was a planned theft which left the victim with lasting injuries requiring life-saving surgery.
‘This conviction is the result of some excellent work from officers investigating, as well as the accounts of the witnesses who saw what happened.’
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