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Dramatic Moment A Petrol Thief Speeds Away From Garage With Manager on His Bonnet
- Published_at:2014-07-20
- Category:People & Blogs
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- description: Caught on CCTV: Petrol thief used his Hyundai 'like a weapon' as he sped away from garage with manager clinging to the bonnet - leaving him with fractured skull Joshua Charnley left his victim with a head injury over £37 of petrol And has had a 15 year driving ban reduced to eight years on appeal Lekshmanan Asokkumar's wife slammed the reduction as 'disgusting' A thief jailed for speeding away from a petrol station with the manager clinging onto his bonnet for half a mile has had his driving ban cut in half. Joshua Charnley, 20, put black tape on his number plates and used his Hyundai car 'like a weapon' as he fled the Texaco garage in West Kingsdown, Kent. Lekshmanan Asokkumar confronted the thief and tried to stop him leaving but ended up stuck on his bonnet at he sped away. Charnley was jailed for 11 years at Canterbury Crown Court in January and given a 15-year driving ban. But London's Court of Appeal cut the driving ban in half after Charnley claimed the original sentence was 'too harsh'. Judge Deborah Taylor, sitting with Lady Justice Rafferty and Justice William Davis, said Charnley had caused Mr Asokkumar 'severe and traumatic brain injuries'. Joshua Charnley was jailed for 11 years and banned from driving for 15 years, but after an appeal his driving ban has been reduced to eight years +1 Joshua Charnley was jailed for 11 years and banned from driving for 15 years, but after an appeal his driving ban has been reduced to eight years She said his jail term wasn't 'manifestly excessive given the circumstances of the case', but reduced his driving ban to eight years because of his age. Mr Asokkumar's wife Judie, 61, said she thought the original sentence had been appropriate and the reduction was 'ridiculous and disgusting'. She said: 'The whole ordeal has totally destroyed our lives. Lekshmanan is never going to be the same again. 'He only came out of hospital three weeks ago and still needs to have a titanium plate put into his skull at some point to ease some of his pain. 'He has no interest in anything and will never work again. I'm going to be his carer for the rest of his or my life.' Charnley, of Hartley, Kent, a part-time painter and decorator, claimed he 'panicked' and had not intended to drive at his victim as he fled without paying for £37 worth of petrol. He admitted causing serious injury by driving dangerously.
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