Overview

• Reece Parish, 21, admitted robbing a BMW 3-series taken on a test drive that later crashed into Highcliffe Care Home during a brief police pursuit.
• Co-defendant Sam Asgari-Tabar, 21, had previously pleaded guilty to robbery and to causing serious injury by dangerous driving to a resident who sustained spinal fractures.
• The Crown Prosecution Service will not proceed with the alleged kidnap offences against either man, with those counts to lie on file.
• Northumbria Police said no criminal proceedings will be brought in relation to the deaths of two care home residents who died shortly after the collision.
• Judge Robert Spragg remanded both defendants in custody and set their sentencing for October 17, with pre-sentence reports to be prepared.