'Fast and Furious' burglar nearly trapped dad between two cars as he made desperate escape in Fiat 500

A dad says he was almost trapped between two cars when a burglar reversed one of them off his driveway.

An open door of the stolen Fiat 500 also damaged the victim’s Mercedes-Benz A-Class as Darren Partington made his getaway, a court head. Partington has now been jailed for two years and five months after pleading guilty to the burglary and a string of other offences committed between May and June of this year.

The 33-year-old was pictured wearing a t-shirt from popular film series Fast and Furious in his police mugshot.

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Partington’s first burglary came on May 23, in Green Lane, Middleton, Manchester Crown Court heard. While the homeowner slept, his £40,000 Toyota Supra was stolen from his drive.

A wallet, containing a number of cards and £110 in cash, was also taken after Partington gained entry through the back door of the home in the early hours of the morning. Later that day, one of the cards was used to withdraw £200 from a cash machine at Hopwood Service Station.

In a victim impact statement, the car owner said that his wife and three children were also in the house at the time of the incident and that since, they have been continually checking doors and windows. He also said that he missed a number of days of work as he had no means of transport.

On June 29, Partington targeted a home in Salford. On this occasion, he let himself in through the front door and stole the keys to a Fiat 500 that was parked in the drive.

One resident of the house was alerted to the burglary by a notification from his Ring doorbell at around 2am. The man ran downstairs to confront Partington, banging on the window of the car that Partington was