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| 'Laughing thief' carjacked mother | 'Laughing thief' carjacked mother |
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| A mother was run over and dragged up to 65ft (20m) by her own car after a laughing thief leapt behind the wheel and drove off, a court has heard. | A mother was run over and dragged up to 65ft (20m) by her own car after a laughing thief leapt behind the wheel and drove off, a court has heard. |
| Caroline Johnson was scraping ice off her Citroen Picasso in Langley, Slough, when it was driven away in December 2008, Reading Crown Court heard. | Caroline Johnson was scraping ice off her Citroen Picasso in Langley, Slough, when it was driven away in December 2008, Reading Crown Court heard. |
| She was then dragged along suffering internal damage and limb injuries. | |
| Kevin Richardson and Karen Napper, of Slough, both deny one count of causing grievous bodily harm with intent. | Kevin Richardson and Karen Napper, of Slough, both deny one count of causing grievous bodily harm with intent. |
| Prosecuting, Charles Ward-Jackson said that when Ms Johnson, who had been preparing to take her son to school, asked them to get out of the car they laughed at her. | Prosecuting, Charles Ward-Jackson said that when Ms Johnson, who had been preparing to take her son to school, asked them to get out of the car they laughed at her. |
| 'Revved engine' | 'Revved engine' |
| Ms Johnson, who is still in a wheelchair recovering from her injuries, remained in hospital for two months following the incident. | |
| The court heard that Mr Richardson and Ms Napper, spotted the vehicle with its key in the ignition. | The court heard that Mr Richardson and Ms Napper, spotted the vehicle with its key in the ignition. |
| Mr Richardson then jumped in, revved the engine and sped forwards, leaving Ms Johnson lying on the road in a "critical" condition, the court was told. | |
| Mr Ward-Jackson said: "She had started the process of de-icing the windscreen. She was using an ice scraper. | |
| "She was standing by the front door of the car when two people walked up - a black male and a white female, the prosecution says these two defendants." | |
| Ms Johnson leaned over the car bonnet to stop the pair driving away, but Mr Richardson, 34, accelerated, driving over her, the jury was told. | |
| 'Hair found' | |
| Mr Richardson claimed not to remember where he had been on the morning of 2 December when he was arrested, but insisted he had nothing to do with the events of that day, the court heard. | |
| Nearly five months later Ms Napper, 37, was arrested and also denied any knowledge of the incident, but prosecutors claim a hair found in the car linked her to the scene, and she was rearrested on 14 May. | |
| The court heard that she then admitted that the pair had discovered the car with its engine running, after they had been out all night in search of drugs. | |
| Mr Ward-Jackson told the jury that Ms Napper told officers they had "clipped" Ms Johnson as they left the scene. | |
| Mr Richardson, formally of Chalvey Road East, has already pleaded guilty to one count of grievous bodily harm, one count of aggravated vehicle-taking and one count of dangerous driving. | |
| Ms Napper, of Ledgers Road, also denies one count of grievous bodily harm and one count of aggravated vehicle-taking. | |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |