A banned driver fled the scene after running over a dad and his young son whilst behind the wheel of a stolen car.
Christopher Carr, 23, was disqualified from driving and had no insurance when he hit a man and his five-year-old son as they were crossing the road near to a Gateshead synagogue. Carr, who was driving a stolen Audi and was distracted at the time as he was using his mobile phone, quickly drove away from the scene.
Fortunately, the father and son did not sustain serious injury, and Carr later handed himself in to police. But when his phone was analysed by officers, Snapchat messages were discovered that showed Carr had messaged his partner after the collision saying he had unintentionally "knocked a Jew over".
