A DANGEROUS driver who left a man with broken bones after bonneting him has been sent back to prison.

Connor Jones was previously locked up after driving over a pedestrian who was thrown from his bonnet.

The 22-year-old was told that his ‘enormously dangerous’ driving could have killed the victim, and it was said on his behalf that he was ‘not a danger to the community’.

But he has been incarcerated again for possessing a blade.

Jones was sentenced recently at Crewe Magistrates' Court, having admitted possessing a knife in a public place and criminal damage.

The court heard from Joseph Kindley, representing the prosecution in the case, who spoke of how the offences occurred between February 25 and 26 this year.

The defendant was in possession, ‘without good reason or lawful authority’, a small kitchen knife in a public place in Warrington.

He also caused criminal damage to a Volkswagen Golf to a value unknown.

The court heard of his previous convictions, which include his 16 months in a young offender institution from March last year for causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

Liverpool Crown Court previously heard how on May 27, 2021, the victim in that case stood in front of Jones’ car on Orford Lane, repeatedly shouting: “Run me over then, go on.”

Jones was seen reversing his car at first, before speeding forward, hitting the victim to his legs and causing him to hit the windscreen.

The complainant clung onto the bonnet ‘for dear life’ for around six to 12 seconds and ‘thought he was going to be killed’.

The car was then shown swerving over the full width of the road in an attempt to shake off the victim, who suffered fractures to his ribs, vertebrae, cheekbone, leg and ankle, as well as a dislocated shoulder, various cuts and bruising to his temple, skull and eye and tyre marks on his chest and stomach.

Jones’ barrister at the time highlighted that Jones’ actions were a ‘moment of utter and complete madness’ and said that he was ‘not a danger to the community’ and could be rehabilitated.

Considering his latest offending, magistrates said that they would take Jones’ guilty pleas into account.

However, it was concluded that the severity of the offences, involving the defendant attending a property with a knife, meant that only a custodial sentence could be justified.

Jones, of Cavendish Close in Old Hall, was sentenced to four months immediate imprisonment.

In addition, magistrates approved an order to deprive the defendant of the knives seized by police.