Carjacker stole man's Mazda at junction and then crashed into petrol pump

HIS ACCOMPLICE THEN GOT OUT OF CAR AND TRIED TO BUY CIGARETTES FROM FUEL STATION'S KIOSK

- By MARK NAYLOR

A HARDENED criminal with a long history of violence has been branded a “dangerous” offender after “carjacking” a man’s Mazda, driving off in it at speed and crashing straight into a petrol pump.

The car “wiped out” the petrol pump and ended up on top of it during the “highly dangerous” incident. The Mazda was written off and damage estimated at £20,000 was caused to the petrol pump. It was a miracle that the petrol pump crash was not more serious, Hull Crown Court heard.

Jamie Coggin, 37, of no fixed address, but from Hull, admitted robbery, dangerous driving and drink-driving on March 9. Joel Vieira, 35, of Westcott Street, east Hull, admitted robbery.

Maya Hanson, prosecuting, said that, at about 8.25pm, a man stopped his blue Mazda at red traffic lights at the junction of Holderness Road and Dansom Lane South on Clarence Street, ready to turn right into Holderness Road, east Hull.

He was approached by two men. They stood next to the driver's side door and one of them was trying to say something.

The man pressed the button to open the window so that he could see what they wanted. Coggin put his right hand into the car and pulled the keys out of the ignition. The driver got out of the car and confronted the men and tried to reach to grab his car keys out of Coggin’s hand. Coggin moved his hand back so that the driver could not get the keys and told him: “Do you want to get hurt?”

Vieira told the man: “We will hurt you” and he pulled out an 18-inch-long metal bat from the side of his waistband. “He was holding a pint glass in his right hand,” said Miss Hanson.

After being threatened by Vieira, the man retreated and walked away. As he was walking away, Vieira threw the pint glass towards the man and a piece of glass hit his foot. The driver continued walking and turned right on to Holderness Road.