Incredible moment drunk man goes on £8k wrecking spree in stolen bulldozer | UK | News
A disgruntled garage customer has been jailed after stealing a 24-tonne bulldozer and going on an £8,000 destruction spree across Wolverhampton following a dispute over his car. Darren Coffey, 41, was under the influence of drugs and alcohol when he took the £385,000 Caterpillar machine from his employer on November 8 last year. He then drove it on a rampage lasting nearly three hours across the city, causing widespread chaos between 5.30pm and 8.15pm. Wolverhampton Crown Court heard Coffey’s dangerous run only came to an end after he smashed into a Royal Mail lorry, which police had commandeered and positioned as a roadblock in an attempt to stop him. Before that, he had torn through Wolverhampton along major routes including the A454, the city ring road, Willenhall Road and Willenhall town centre, causing disruption and damage along the way. Judge David Perry said a custodial sentence was “unavoidable”, describing how Coffey caused “untold chaos” to road users. He said Coffey reversed into oncoming traffic, at one stage collided with police vehicles, and repeatedly drove on …
