CARJACK CRAZY; JAIL FOR BOOZY DRIVER WHO TOOK DAD'S CAR WITH SON IN IT.(News)

From: Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) | Date: July 16, 2008 | Copyright information

Byline: By PETER TAYLOR

A DRINK crazed carjacker who roared off with a baby strapped in the back seat ignored his cries following a crash, a court heard.

Drunken John Henry Taylor, who was more than three-and-a-half times over the legal driving limit, was too concerned with getting away from the scene.

When a resident who witnessed the accident in Ashington pursued him and took him back to the car he fell to the ...

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