Aggravated Vehicle Taking with Devastating Effects

Following a 100mph police chase, two young men crashed a stolen vehicle into that of a young law graduate. After crashing into the back of Jackie Stretton’s Toyota Aygo, her back was broken. She has been told that she will never make a full recovery. Judge Roger Hayward-Smith imposed the maximum sentence of two years for aggravated vehicle taking but the two men received a discount of one third, as they had entered guilty pleas. Both were disqualified from driving for five years. Judge Hayward-Smith expressed dissatisfaction at the fact that the two men would be released from prison and get their lives back, after ruining someone else’s.