A man high on the drug described as “monkey dust” is jailed after hijacking an ambulance while an elderly patient was inside and being treated for a head injury. Court coverage says the incident occurred outside Royal Stoke University Hospital in Stoke-on-Trent and involved driving through red lights while a paramedic was shouting for him to pull over.
Accounts identify the defendant as Marshall Leese, 32, who pleaded guilty to offences including false imprisonment and aggravated vehicle taking, and to failing to provide a specimen for analysis. Metro reports the court heard that Leese had been experiencing delusions attributed to monkey dust, moments after paramedics had “ushered out” someone from the driver’s seat before he took control of a different ambulance.
The Daily Record focuses on the CCTV aspect of the theft, while the Daily Mail emphasises the defendant’s drug use and the resulting conviction and jail term. All coverage centers on the same core events: an ambulance taken during an emergency setting with an elderly patient inside.
