Shocking CCTV footage shows the moment that a callous delivery driver stole a woman's handbag before speeding off in his van... despite the victim's 80-year-old husband holding onto the passenger door.
05.04.2022 - 12:13 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A drunken mum dragged a policewoman along the road with her car as she tried to dodge being arrested - in a case with chilling echoes of PC Andrew Harper's killing.
Drink driver Chantelle Owen, from Rochdale, pulled PC Amy Greenwood along the street for 130 feet as she tried to stop the 36-year-old speeding away in her car. Minshull Street Crown Court heard that the officer lost her footing and was dragged along the road by her knees - before she managed to haul herself up on her feet and grab the steering wheel.
Single mum-of-three Owen eventually stopped, but refused to get out of the BMW 120D M Sport and had to be forcibly removed. Dramatic bodycam footage showing PC Greenwood screaming and ordering Owen to stop her car was played in court.
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She had been bailed while awaiting trial, but was then caught drink driving twice in two months. Owen claimed her post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from past relationships was to blame for her offending, but Judge Paul Lawton warned her: "You are not the victim."
The incident occurred on December 20 last year after PC Greenwood was called to an address in Bury following reports Owen was having an argument with her boyfriend.
Peter Malone, prosecuting, said: ''Upon arrival the defendant was seen in a black BMW and shouting that she had asked a friend to contact the police. The officers spoke to the defendant at the side of the vehicle and she said she wanted to go home.
''She switched on the ignition but the officers believed the defendant was under the influence of alcohol and that she should be breathalysed. She was asked to switch the car engine off but she then said she was not
Shocking CCTV footage shows the moment that a callous delivery driver stole a woman's handbag before speeding off in his van... despite the victim's 80-year-old husband holding onto the passenger door.
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