Jack Melrose s dangerous driving came to an end on Ashbourne Way, Bolton, Bradford, when he crashed into a parked car A MAN who took his mother s car, drove on the wrong side of the road during a police chase before injuring a pedestrian has avoided jail. Jack Melrose, 24, took his mother s Ford Focus without her knowledge and drove dangerously on a number of streets in Bradford. Police officers spotted Melrose driving and then a chase took place. Melrose drove on the wrong side of the road on occasions during the five-minute-long chase, including approaching a mini-roundabout at Lister Lane on the wrong side and then travelling over it.
The post office worker had been working behind the counter at Lemington Post Office in Newcastle when Michael Gibson, 39, from Cowgate, brandished a hammer at her and demanded money.