A man has been sentenced to prison after crashing into a crowd of elderly women in his car before escaping the scene.
Karl Robinson left three women in need of surgery after plowing his car into the group last October.
In court earlier this week, a witness revealed Robinson accelerating so hard that his wheels spun as he exited a supermarket parking lot.
The 25-year-old then climbed a sidewalk on a nearby street before meeting a group of hikers who were on their way to see the Christmas lights turn on.
After the crash, Robinson reversed at high speed, hit a wall, and then fled, leaving behind the chaos he had caused.
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Due to his ruthlessness, Robinson has to spend at least two years and nine months in prison.
On Monday, October 11th, Northampton Crown Court heard Robinson, who was driving his partner’s Vauxhall Corsa, drag one of the women two meters across the sidewalk and leave her on the edge.
Two of the other women were thrown 10 meters and landed under the front of the car. A fourth woman was surprisingly unharmed.
The group of friends were 68, 69, 73, and 74 years old, according to a report from Northants Live.
Robinson was seen spinning out of the co-op parking lot on Sackville Street
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Witnesses heard Robinson of Sunnyside, Woodford crank the engine before he quickly pulled back onto the street, then stepped onto another sidewalk and crashed into a brick wall on Sackville Street, Thrapston.
Then he got out and picked up his license plate before driving away from the crime scene.
It wasn’t until the next day that Robinson gave up after his partner noticed the car was damaged.
After the collision, the women were taken to Kettering General Hospital, where all three were operated on for their injuries.
The first suffered two small hemorrhages in the brain, a broken vertebra, and a “significant” injury to the arm and shoulder.
In a statement read out in court about the victim’s impact, the woman said she suffered severe psychological and physical trauma after the crash.
She had to have an operation on her shoulder, which doctors now say only works 50 percent.
The woman had to stay in hospital over the Christmas period without visiting her family and then fell ill with Covid-19, from which she fortunately recovered.
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The second seriously injured person also stayed in the hospital over Christmas and contracted Covid-19 during her stay. Fortunately, she survived too.
She suffered a serious ankle fracture in the accident that required two surgeries to hold it in place, and the long-term effects of the damage are still unknown.
The third woman suffered a gloved calf that became infected and now has significant scarring on her leg.
Upon conviction, Judge David Herbert QC said that Robinson’s “aggressive driving style” led to the collision after which he “apparently” tried to avoid detection.
Robinson has been told he will have to serve at least half of his 33-month sentence before being released on license.
He was also deprived of his driving license for four years and four months.