Terrifying moment road rage driver, 42, ploughs into busy pub & parked cars in row over woman – as he’s jailed

THIS is the moment a driver “fuelled by rage and anger” speeds towards a vehicle outside a packed pub in a row over a woman. “Jealous” Gavin Thorpe, 42, drove at a car in a high-speed “revenge attack” after a woman refused to go with him and asked two men for a lift instead. ‘Jealous’ Gavin Thorpe drove backwards at a car in a high-speed ‘revenge attack’ Credit: Jam Press He reverses at speed, ploughing into other parked vehicles Credit: Jam Press On June 15, Thorpe was at The Park Pub in Bradford, Yorkshire, and behaved “unwantedly” towards the woman, a court heard. She asked two other men for a lift rather than leaving with Thorpe following an incident inside the pub. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! CCTV footage shows the trio in a black Land Rover driving out of its parking space and towards the exit. Fuelled by “rage and anger,” Thorpe reverses his black SUV at speed into the car. The impact sends it hurtling backwards before the two men scramble out. Personal trainer Thorpe then reverses at speed again, narrowly missing the car before ploughing into another parked vehicle. The impact sends it hurtling backwards before the two men scramble out Credit: Jam Press He shouted ‘go f*** yourselves, boys’ before fleeing the scene Credit: Jam Press The two men dove out of the way as the vehicle comes towards them. His Range Rover then smashes into a stone outbuilding, causing part of the structure to collapse. Most read in The Sun Thorpe then got out and shouted abuse before throwing a brick towards the two men. He shouted “go f*** yourselves, boys” before fleeing the scene. Cops were called to reports of a collision at 9.37pm, and a woman was found with minor injuries. The court heard that a man suffered neck and back pain from the crash and had to have an x-ray at hospital. His Range Rover smashes into a stone outbuilding, causing part of the structure to collapse before he fled on foot Credit: Jam Press Thorpe has been jailed for 23 months at Bradford Crown Court Credit: Jam Press/West Yorkshire Police Thorpe has been jailed for 23 months at Bradford Crown Court after admitting dangerous driving, criminal damage and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Sentencing him, Recorder Patrick Palmer said it was “perhaps nothing more than good luck” that nobody had been seriously injured. Prosecuting barrister Elizabeth Noble told the court: “This was a revenge attack that came out of jealousy and dissatisfaction with [the female victim]. “He was certainly reckless when he reversed towards [the Seat]. “The target was the vehicle because they had [the woman] within that vehicle.” The recorder also banned Thorpe from driving for three years and ordered him to pass an extended re-test before getting behind the wheel again. He described his actions as “quite deliberate” and said: “This was an offence coming out of rage and anger.” “You are now building up a significant series of offences for crimes committed whilst subject to anger. “You may wish to take as much help as you can whilst subject to custody.”