Meridian Michelle Greest

VIDEO: A thief in a stolen car who ran down a woman and left her for dead is facing more than five years in jail tonight. Malcolm Shaw reports.

VIDEO: A thief in a stolen car who ran down a woman and left her for dead is facing more than five years in jail. Michelle Greest needed life-saving brain surgery. Christopher Chan was on his way to carry out a ram raid when the incident happened. We have interview with Michelle.

A man has been jailed for five years and eight months after he knocked down a woman, breaking her legs, hips and back.

Christopher Chan hit Michelle Greest in a stolen car in Brighton which he then used in a ram raid on a hardware store in nearby Portslade, in July. He pleaded guilty to 14 offences.