A prolific car thief broke into someone's home and stole their company car which was never recovered. A judge said his behaviour had "the hallmarks of bullying".
Michael Ellaway, 38, took car keys from the home of Thomas Bush in Cardiff on July 10 shortly before 8am and took his Virgin Media-owned Ford Focus. At 10am he was seen at his home in Cowbridge Road East, in Canton, where he parked and told people it was his uncle's car.
A sentencing hearing at Newport Crown Court heard the defendant left at 5pm in the car with another man and returned on a bicycle without the vehicle. After the car was reported missing to police Ellaway was arrested and found in possession of two Valium tablets.
