Man who stole car and crashed it into wall jailed

Image source, Staffordshire Police

Image caption, Marcus Oultram crashed into a wall over the Christmas holiday
  • Author, Alex McIntyre
  • Role, 大象传媒 News, West Midlands

A driver who stole a car and crashed it into a wall two days after Christmas has been jailed for 18 months.

Marcus Oultram, of Meerbrook, Staffordshire, crashed a stolen Vauxhall Astra on Novi Lane in Leek, Staffordshire, on 27 December.

Police said Oulton, 32, was seen running away from the scene and they arrested him at his home later that day.

He had suffered facial injuries in the collision and police took him to hospital for treatment but he assaulted an officer on the way there.

Oultram, who was disqualified from driving at the time, pleaded guilty to a number of offences:

  • Dangerous driving
  • Driving while disqualified
  • Aggravated vehicle taking
  • Assault on an emergency worker
  • Failing to stop at the scene of a collision
  • Failing to provide a specimen
  • Driving without insurance
  • Use of threatening words and/or behaviour to cause harassment, alarm or distress

He was sentenced at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court on 6 June.

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