Men jailed after 'catastrophic' car crash injured care home residents

Two men have been jailed after a BMW smashed into a care home during a 100mph police chase and caused a ceiling collapse that injured vulnerable residents.

- by Karon Kelly

(Reece Parish (left) and Sam Asgari-Tahar)

One 94-year-old dementia patient suffered multiple fractures to her back and neck and four others, in their 70s, 80s and 90s, were left with fractures, bruises and cuts after the "catastrophic" collision.

Shocking footage showed the stolen black car come off the road and ram the front of the care home building with such force the back of the vehicle lifted into the air.

The damage to the building was over £260,000.

A total of eight people from the home were taken to hospital and tragically two women in their 90s and 80s passed away the following day, but no charges were brought in relation to the deaths.

Sam Asgari-Tabar, who was at the wheel of the stolen motor and already banned from the roads and on a suspended sentence, has been jailed for five years and eight months for robbery and causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

He was banned from driving for seven years and seven months and must pass an extended test before he can get back behind the wheel.

His passenger, Reece Parish, who admitted robbery of the car and violent disorder in relation to an unrelated city centre riot, was locked up for three years and one month.