When found by police after a pursuit, he held his hands out and said: “You’ve got me!”
Arron Stuart admitted dangerous driving, damaging a garage and a car, having no insurance and driving without a licenc(Image: Humberside Police)
A car suddenly crashed into a garage, demolishing the whole front wall, minutes after it was driven erratically down a road and nearly hit a pedestrian and a five-year-old child.
Serial criminal Arron Stuart lost control of the car, hit the central reservation and swerved into the kerb before hitting the garage, Hull Crown Court heard.
He desperately tried to escape from the police by climbing over a gate and two fences but eventually put up his hands and told an officer: “You’ve got me!” Stuart, 26, of Hutt Street, off Spring Bank, Hull, but recently in custody on remand, admitted dangerous driving, damaging a garage and a car, having no insurance and driving without a licence on November 29.
Andrew Lister, prosecuting, said that, at 12.05am, police were driving on Anlaby Road, west Hull, towards the city centre, when they spotted a small
black Hyundai car with serious damage to the bonnet emerging from Hawthorn Avenue. “The vehicle looked to be struggling to set off and then proceeded to drive out of the junction on to Anlaby Road,” said Mr Lister.
“The manner of the defendant’s driving caused the traffic to stop. The officers began to follow the vehicle at a distance.” The car turned left on to Springfield Road and entered a small cut-through leading to Northfield Road.
“The officers lost sight of the vehicle,” said Mr Lister. “They managed to locate the vehicle again a short time later down Hawthorn Avenue. The vehicle had crashed into a garage next to a property, causing the whole front wall to fall down.”
A member of the public saw the car being driven erratically down Hawthorn Avenue, nearly hitting the person and a five-year-old child. “The witness saw the vehicle hit the central reservation and swerve, hitting the kerbside,” said Mr Lister.
“It is believed that the vehicle then crashed into the garage. When the officers pulled up next to the vehicle, the defendant had already exited the car and he attempted to evade officers by climbing a gate next to the closest property.
“He managed to clear the fence and head down the alleyway before climbing over a further fence and into the back garden of a row of terraced properties.” A police officer managed to find Stuart who, instead of running, held his hands out and said: “You’ve got me!”
He gave his name and he was arrested. During police interview, he made no comment to most of the questions. He had convictions for 33 previous offences.
They included burglary, attempted burglary, fraud, possessing Class A drugs, possessing a knife, theft, causing criminal damage and having no insurance and licence. He had been given a two-year criminal behaviour order in 2016.
Molly Minter, mitigating, said that Stuart pleaded guilty at an early stage during a hearing before Hull Magistrates’ Court on December 1. He had been in custody since then.
Stuart was jailed for one year and he was banned from driving for two years. He will have to pass an extended retest before he can drive legally again.