A man has been jailed for shooting his love rival with a BB gun before driving a car into a crowd – including a heavily pregnant woman – outside a pub in Stourbridge.
Jack Richardson, aged 25, of West Street, Stourbridge shot a BB pistol at his ex-partner’s new boyfriend before driving a silver Volvo into him last summer.
He tried to reverse the car into him a second time and instead rammed the vehicle into a crowd of people gathered outside the Gigmill Pub on 18 June.
His ex’s new partner suffered a broken ankle and two others sustained minor injuries.
A pregnant woman was left trapped under the car. She was taken to hospital for surgery. Thankfully both mum and baby are now doing well.
Richardson abandoned his Volvo at the pub and ran off after what he’d done. He handed himself in to us two-days later.
The whole incident took place within the space of around five minutes, for which Richardson has now been jailed for five years.
He was sentenced at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Monday (14 March) after admitting two counts of grievous bodily harm, two counts of actual bodily harm, possession of an imitation firearm with intent, possession of cannabis, driving without insurance and otherwise in accordance with a licence.
He was also given a restraining order and banned from driving for four years.
WMP thoughts are with everyone who was involved and affected by what happened. Police are pleased that justice has been served and hopefully Richardson will reflect on the severity of his actions while he spends time behind bars.