A man has been jailed after he stole a takeaway driver's car and was apprehended by members of the public in Stoke-on-Trent.

Ben Walker, 39, of no fixed address, stole a Ford Focus when a delivery driver left the car running on Murhall Street, Burslem, in June last year.

Whilst the driver was taking meals to people's doors, Walker got in the front seat and started trying to drive away. The driver came back, tried to stop Walker, and was carried at the side of the car when it drove down the road. 

Ben Walker, 39, stole a Ford Focus when a delivery driver left the car running in Burslem last year (Staffordshire Police).

The car collided with several other parked cars on the street before it came to a stop. Walker tried to run away after it happened but was stopped by members of the public who then called the police.

Thankfully, the driver who managed to stop Walker wasn't seriously injured.

Walker was taken into custody and charged with the offences.

He pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing and was sentenced to one year in prison at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court on Wednesday (24 January) for aggravated vehicle taking and assault thereby occasioning actual bodily harm.

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