A pensioner was left with life-changing injuries after he was ran over in a Tesco car park by a violent thief.
The 75-year-old man had gone to the Tesco Extra store in Roundhay Road on October 8 last year to deposit some recycling and had left his key in the ignition when he turned and saw Scott Lumley, 48, sat in the driver's seat. Ayesha Smart, prosecuting, told Leeds Crown Court on Tuesday that the man - who had been described by witnesses as "elderly and frail" - tried to open the driver's side door.
She said: "The defendant reversed the vehicle and revved the engine at the victim and he realised he needed to get out of the way. He [Lumley] drove forward and maneuvered the car to the right and caused him to fall to the ground and he drove over his right leg before driving off in the direction of the exit of the Tesco."
