A grandad, who has committed more than 200 crimes in the past 49 years crashed a stolen car into a house while a pregnant mum watched TV with her eight-year-old daughter.
David Allen, 59, led cops on a chase around Farnworth at around 5.30pm on November 2, 2022, after an officer had spotted him driving a Nissan Qashqai matching the description of one stolen in a burglary around a week earlier. During the pursuit, Allen ran red lights, drove at double the speed limit, went the wrong way around a mini roundabout and even caused a crash.
Despite police putting a stinger down to stop him, he continued driving with burst tyres but eventually came to an abrupt stop when he crashed into a house in Blindsill Road. He fled from the car on foot but was caught and arrested a short time later, prosecution barrister John Kennerley told Bolton Crown Court. Upon being arrested, it was discovered that he already had five simultaneous driving bans, having never passed a court-ordered extended retest.
