A carjacker threatened to stab a driver in order to steal her car then led police on a dangerous pursuit at up to 90mph in a 30 zone.
Connor Atkinson was loitering in a car park waiting for a victim around 11pm on June 8 when the victim arrived outside her home in Sunderland. She had just reversed her Seat into a parking space when Atkinson approached her and she lowered her car window a little.
He asked if she lived there and when she said yes he replied: "Hand over the keys, give me the keys or I will stab you'. Matthew Hopkins, prosecuting, told Newcastle Crown Court : "She gave him the keys because she was scared he had a knife. She saw him hiding something and feared it must have been a knife so she got out of the car and ran."
