Car thief steals pensioner

Dec 12 2008 by Andrew Hirst, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

A THIEF stole Sara Jackson’s car ... and her dad!

But he soon stopped in his tracks when 85-year-old victim Arthur Jackson criticised his driving.

He then promptly got out and fled.

Sara, of Fixby, said: “I came out and my car wasn't there. I thought my father couldn't have got out and driven it.

“Then I spotted the car some way down the road. I asked dad what he was doing there and when he explained I was speechless.

“I thought at first he was joking. I was a bit shocked really to say the least when it turned out that dad had been stolen.”

But she added: “He’s taken it in his stride and we can laugh about it now, but I can’t help thinking what might have happened.”