Overview

• Sam Asgari-Tabar, 21, and Reece Parish, 21, pleaded guilty to robbing a BMW that later crashed into Highcliffe Care Home in Sunderland.
• Asgari-Tabar also admitted causing serious injury by dangerous driving after a resident suffered spinal fractures in the collision.
• Northumbria Police said no criminal proceedings will be brought in relation to the subsequent deaths of two elderly residents.
• The Crown Prosecution Service will not proceed with alleged kidnap charges linked to the woman present during the test drive, with those matters to lie on file.
• The BMW was reported stolen in Fenham and spotted about 15 minutes later in Sunderland before a short police pursuit led to the crash that caused extensive structural damage and sent eight residents to hospital; both men are remanded in custody for sentencing on October 17, and a review of police pursuit procedures is underway.