Jail for Wisbech man who deliberately drove Land Rover at victim

A man who drove a car at someone, causing them to be thrown on to the bonnet against the windscreen, has been jailed.

Nathan Large (38) was arrested on May 27 after he deliberately drove a Land Rover at a man in Sayers Crescent, Wisbech St Mary.

He’d rammed the victim’s parked vehicle before reversing back down the road at speed and hitting the victim, throwing him up into the air and onto the bonnet of the 4 x 4.

The victim, who is in his 40s and known to Large, suffered minor injuries as a result of the attack.

Large was arrested later the same night at his home address in Ellerby Drive, Wisbech, and was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm (ABH), dangerous driving, criminal damage and driving without insurance.

On Wednesday, he was found guilty of the offences following a trial at Peterborough Crown Court.

He was sentenced to a total of one year and nine months in prison, disqualified from driving for three years and 10 months and was made subject of a 10-year restraining order.

DC Claire Cummings said: “This was a particularly concerning incident where Large lost his temper and just saw red – he could have caused some serious harm that day.

“Vehicles, especially something as big as a Land Rover, can be extremely powerful machines which, if used irresponsibly, can cause devastation to our communities.”