A car thief reached speeds of 120mph during a police chase but he broke both of his ankles while jumping from a wall when trying to escape. A judge said it was "remarkable" nobody was maimed or killed as a result of his driving.
Steven Baker, 29, stole a Ford Fiesta outside a house in Cardiff between October 8 and 9 last year after he broke into the property through a cat flap and took the car keys. When the owners returned to the property in Llandaff they realised the car was missing and the house had been broken into.
A sentencing hearing at Newport Crown Court heard the police were called and officers were told to look out for the vehicle. ANPR cameras in Cwmbran picked up the car on October 9 and Baker was located in Malpas Street at 10.45pm while behind the wheel.
