Daniel Bright demanded the man's car keys from him in a terrifying attack
The 83-year-old was in his garden, and his wife - in her 70s - was inside the house at their home in Wetherby on May 5 last year when the-then 17-year-old Daniel Bright approached him and demanded his car keys from him.
Ms Dey said: "He shouted 'Call the police' and went to try and get his wife who was standing in the hallway." Ms Dey said later that day he was walking with a relative close to the home of the couple when he went into a bush and returned with a jumper, car key and balaclava. He showed his relative a video of the car where it was found and said he had "swerved around the corner and that's when it flipped." The relative told their mother and the police were called and Bright arrested.
The man's wife said in her statement that she "keeps replaying her husband telling her to call the police in her head." Ms Dey added: "Both needed sleeping tablets after and she didn't feel safe at home at any time of the day. Her victim impact statement stated she still is wary about opening her front door."
Mr Sutcliffe added Bright had had an "unusually disrupted childhood" and had gone into foster care following the breakdown of his adoptive parents' relationship. Mr Sutcliffe said: "He has educational special needs." He added: "It would appear the complainant is a very robust gentleman who doesn't appear to have suffered a great deal of psychological harm...
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