A woman was pounced on and dragged from her car in a dimly-lit restaurant car park by a drug-hungry robber.
The victim had been to a restaurant in Low Fell, Gateshead, with her friend on October 1 this year and after leaving they went to a car park, which is off the main street. Emma Dowling, prosecuting, told Newcastle Crown Court she got in the driver's seat and was talking to her friend, as she was about to get in the car.
Miss Dowling said: "The victim was suddenly grabbed from behind around the neck and she heard him saying 'give us your keys.' She was pulled out of the car on to a grass verge near the car park.
