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Carjacker who ran over victim faces jail.


Summary: A carjacker has been convicted of causing grievous bodily harm grievous bodily harm
Noun

Criminal law serious injury caused by one person to another

Noun 1. grievous bodily harm - street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
 to intent to a woman by running her over in her own vehicle.

A carjacker has been convicted of causing grievous bodily harm to intent to a woman by running her over in her own vehicle.

Caroline Johnson was scraping ice from the windscreen of her Citroen Picasso outside her home in Langley, Berkshire, on December 2 last year when Kevin Richardson Kevin Richardson''' can refer to:
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, 34, and Karen Napper, 37, jumped in and drove off.

She was dragged up to 65ft (20m) down the road, suffering serious injuries which have left her wheelchair-bound for the foreseeable future.

Richardson, from Slough, admitted lesser charges of grievous bodily harm, aggravated ag·gra·vate  
tr.v. ag·gra·vat·ed, ag·gra·vat·ing, ag·gra·vates
1. To make worse or more troublesome.

2. To rouse to exasperation or anger; provoke. See Synonyms at annoy.
 vehicle-taking and dangerous driving over the incident, but was found guilty by a jury at Reading Crown Court of causing grievous bodily harm with intent.

Napper, of Ledgers Road, Slough, admitted one charge of aggravated vehicle-taking.

Mrs Johnson was preparing to take her son to school just before 8am when Richardson and Napper, who had spent the previous night at a drug den, leapt into the car.

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