Man who crashed stolen car told witness: ‘Don't grass me up'

AN INTOXICATED man crashed a stolen vehicle into a wall and caused £22,000 worth of damage before telling a witness: "Don't grass me up. I'm well-known round here.

- 

Kyle Durham, 37, wrote off a Mini Cooper belonging to Rhiannon Williams on May 24 last year in Pontypridd after he had been given the keys by one of her friends.

He crashed into a wall belonging to Transport for Wales, but left the scene on foot, having been witnessed.

A sentencing hearing at Cardiff Crown Court heard that, at around 3am, residents heard a loud bang in Wood Road and the defendant was seen to pull a woman out of the car.

Before he left the scene, he spoke to a witness and said: "Please don’t snitch on us.”