Mum hit toy store assistant with car and carried him for 50ft after nicking two children's scooters - but tells court she is "totally ashamed and remorseful"

A mum-of-two rammed her car into a store assistant and carried him on the bonnet for 50 feet before running over him after nicking two children’s scooters from a toy store.

Barbara Young, 25, drove her Fiat 500 into the West One Retail Park in Eccles then went into the Smyths store with her sister and her son. The women picked up two of the electric scooters worth £130, alongside a bag for life full of items and went to the check out.

Young, of Bolton, walked out of the store with the scooters and put them in the boot of her car, whilst her sister was stopped by the store assistant as he realised the bag hadn’t been paid for.

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The woman apologised and handed him the bag for life back. It was only once he returned to the checkout he noticed the transaction had been voided in relation to the scooters, Manchester Crown Court heard.

“He followed her to the carpark and saw the defendant in the driving seat, and saw a male and a child in the front seat,” Juliet Berry, prosecuting, told the court.

“The second female explained to the defendant that they needed to get the scooter out of the boot, to which she said the boot wouldn’t open. At this point the store assistant became suspicious and took a photo of the registration plate and said he was going to call the police.”

Young’s sister then jumped into the car as Young drove at him. CCTV of the footage showed the man clinging onto the bonnet as she drove away, shortly before he slumped to the ground. She then drove over his feet as she made good her escape.

As he clung on, he struck the windscreen with his phone, causing it to crack.

An hour later the car was