Overview
- Newcastle Crown Court sentenced Sam Asgari-Tabar after he admitted robbery and causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
- Video evidence showed speeds over 100mph, 75mph in a 20mph zone, a red light run and wrong-side driving before the collision.
- A 94-year-old woman with dementia suffered fractured vertebrae after being dug from rubble, and several other residents were injured as the building was evacuated.
- The care home sustained about £260,000 in damage with an estimated £411,000 total loss to the operator, and some residents were relocated.
- Co-defendant Reece Parish received prison terms for the robbery and for separate violent disorder, and two residents later died, which is not part of the prosecution case.