Man spared jail after taking car from pensioner

A man who subjected a 75-year-old woman to a terrifying carjacking ordeal has walked free from court after being ordered to pay his victim £5,000 in compensation.

Edward Allan, 33, had spent a weekend taking drugswhenheapproached a car driven by pensioner Rose Wood in Bothwell, Lanarkshire, in March last year. He demanded she get out of the Renault Captur before speeding off in the car.

Allan, from Wishaw, admitted at Hamilton Sheriff Court yesterday to assaulting Mrs Wood before robbing her.

CAMELON