A cancer patient missed a vital scan after a thief broke into a car and van. Gareth Handley's actions caused serious damage to the vehicles - meaning the man's son was unable to take him to hospital.
The man , who had bowel cancer, died before he could get to a rearranged scan three weeks later, a court heard. He has now been left haunted by the fear that he would never know whether a chance to help his father because of the thief's damage, Hull Live reports.
Handley, 38, of Hull, admitted two offences of burglary, three of theft from a vehicle and another of using threatening words or behaviour. He was jailed for two years and four months and loudly shouted and swore after the sentence was handed down, yelling: "I think it's proper disgusting."
