IN THE DOCK: A round-up of this week's Oxford Crown Court sentencings

IN THE DOCK: A round-up of this week's crown court sentencings
IN THE DOCK: A round-up of this week's crown court sentencings
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OXFORD Crown Court saw a number of men jailed for driving offences this week, with one locked up for a tragic case of causing death by dangerous driving.

Below is a selection of some of those sentencing hearings that were heard this week.

Tuesday

Dangerous driver Andrew Cribbes left a man without colour vision in his right eye and pleaded with a judge not to jail him – because of his new girlfriend.

Andrew Cribbes appeared at Oxford Crown Court on Tuesday.

The 45-year-old had already admitting theft, dangerous driving and driving without insurance or a licence in a crime spree on March 1 this year, but on Tuesday he was asked to enter another plea for a more serious charge: causing injury by dangerous driving.

READ THE FULL STORY HERE

Wednesday

Another dangerous driver twice rammed into police cars that were pursuing him during a dramatic car chase from Oxford to Didcot.

After Ashley Maparura abandoned his car and ran off he stormed into a stranger's home and snatched a man's clothing.

While there, the 30-year-old of Nether Jackson Court, Northampton, was punched in the face by the startled occupant before he was finally arrested.

READ THE FULL STORY HERE.

Friday

A jury found Tahid Abdul guilty of two counts of causing death by dangerous driving after a horror crash on the A41 near Bicester last year.

That crash led to the deaths of elderly couple Kenneth Jarvis and Gillian Jarvis, from Bicester.

He was jailed by a court judge for four years.

READ THE FULL STORY HERE.

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