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| Man guilty of ice-scrape carjack | Man guilty of ice-scrape carjack |
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| A man who carjacked a mother-of-four leaving her fighting for her life has been found guilty of deliberately running her over. | |
| Caroline Johnson was scraping ice from her windscreen in Langley, Slough, Berkshire, in December 2008, when Kevin Richardson stole the vehicle. | Caroline Johnson was scraping ice from her windscreen in Langley, Slough, Berkshire, in December 2008, when Kevin Richardson stole the vehicle. |
| Richardson, 34, of Chalvey Road East, Slough, was found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm (GBH) with intent. | Richardson, 34, of Chalvey Road East, Slough, was found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm (GBH) with intent. |
| He admitted aggravated vehicle taking, dangerous driving and causing GBH. | He admitted aggravated vehicle taking, dangerous driving and causing GBH. |
| Karen Napper, 37, of Ledgers Road, admitted aggravated vehicle taking and will be sentenced in December. | Karen Napper, 37, of Ledgers Road, admitted aggravated vehicle taking and will be sentenced in December. |
| On Thursday Reading Crown Court cleared her of causing GBH with intent and causing GBH. | On Thursday Reading Crown Court cleared her of causing GBH with intent and causing GBH. |
| Still in wheelchair | Still in wheelchair |
| Ms Johnson was preparing to take her son to school just before 0800 GMT when Richardson and Napper, who had spent the previous night at a drug house, leapt into the car which was parked outside her home. | Ms Johnson was preparing to take her son to school just before 0800 GMT when Richardson and Napper, who had spent the previous night at a drug house, leapt into the car which was parked outside her home. |
| She described the moment the car hit her as it suddenly moved forward, telling the court: "All I could hear was the engine and the accelerator and the power to the car was revving and then I felt this thud." | She described the moment the car hit her as it suddenly moved forward, telling the court: "All I could hear was the engine and the accelerator and the power to the car was revving and then I felt this thud." |
| The veterinary receptionist was discovered moments later lying on the tarmac fighting for her life and was taken to hospital where she remained for two months. | |
| For Mrs Johnson, it was an ordinary winter's morning as she was rushing to take her son to school Charles Ward-Jackson, prosecutor | |
| Ms Johnson was given a blood transfusion and treated for cardiac arrest, a fractured pelvis, an open fracture to the right femur, fractures to both ankles and fractured ribs. | |
| The mother-of-four, who is still in a wheelchair, told jurors her greatest fear had been for her little boy, Jason, who could have come out of the house at any point to face the same dangers. | |
| It took the jury two-and-a-half hours to reach its verdict. | |
| Prosecutor Charles Ward-Jackson said: "For Ms Johnson, it was an ordinary winter's morning as she was rushing to take her son to school. | |
| "From nowhere appeared the two defendants, who had been up all night looking for drugs. | |
| "We welcome the jury's decision and would like to pay tribute to the courage of Ms Johnson in giving her evidence in court from her wheelchair." |