A pub reveller who took an Audi to get money from an ATM for the fruit machine hit a girl crossing the street then crashed the automobile earlier than fleeing.
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The girl had been walking her two dogs and was in the midst of pedestrian crossing in Crossgates when Jamie Rook smashed into her, throwing her into the air. She suffered a damaged jaw and two damaged tooth. One of her dogs required remedy, whereas the opposite ran off and was not situated for an additional 15 hours.
Appearing at Leeds Crown Court this week, Rook admitted inflicting severe harm by way of harmful driving and and aggravated automobile taking whereas inflicting harm.
Prosecutor Thomas Doyle mentioned Rook had been within the New Travellers Rest in Crossgates together with his uncle shortly earlier than 10pm on November 25, 2022. When his uncle went to the bathroom, Rook took the keys to the high-powered Audi A3 from his uncle’s coat pocket and took off from the pub automobile park, regardless of having no licence or insurance coverage.
He drove alongside Crossgates Road for round 100 metres, then U-turned and got here again, hanging the lady. He misplaced management of the automobile and smashed into the protection boundaries on the roundabout, inflicting the airbags to be deployed. The 23-year-old then acquired out and ran again to the pub, telling his uncle what had occurred. But Rook solely handed himself into the police station the following day, and attended a voluntary interview three months later, the place he gave no feedback.
In a sufferer influence assertion learn out by Mr Doyle, the lady mentioned she required surgical procedure and was unable to eat strong meals for months after the crash, inflicting her to lose eight kilos in weight. She additionally has to have considered one of her tooth eliminated at her personal cost. She struggles to sleep however suffers recurring nightmares when she does.
Quoting her instantly, Mr Doyle mentioned: “I have to take my dogs for a walk but there’s a constant fear something will happen to us.”
Mitigating for Rook, Ian Hudson mentioned: “He left the pub to go to the cash machine to withdraw cash for the gaming machine in the pub. He could have walked the distance. He wishes he could turn back time but he can’t. He panicked and went back the pub.”
He mentioned that Rook, of Cautley Road, Cross Green, was “very fearful” of going to jail and had his personal private well being issues, having sustained a severe leg harm in Christmas Day on account of a fall at home. He was in hospital for 5 days and wanted surgical procedure to insert 15 pins into his leg. He must put on a leg brace for the following six months.
Judge Neil Clark informed Rook: “You made no attempt to stop and drove straight into her. You did not stay at the scene when she would have been requiring help.”
He gave Rook 21 months’ jail, suspended for 2 years, 25 rehabilitation days, and ordered he pay £100 compensation to the lady to a minimum of cowl the vets invoice for the injured canine. He has no different financial savings and doesn’t work, the courtroom heard.
Rook was additionally banned from driving for 4 years and informed he should take and prolonged re-test.
