A teenager ploughed into revellers outside a nightclub, leaving two women seriously injured. McCauley Cox, 19, was today found guilty of two counts of grievous bodily harm with intent after jurors heard he drove into a crowd after a fight broke out.
Both women suffered serious injuries, Newport Crown Court was told, and Cox was warned he faces a tough sentence.
Cox was previously convicted after leading police on a high-speed chase on the M4 and crashed through a barrier on the Severn Bridge.
Judge Daniel Williams told Cox he would adjourn his sentencing until Friday morning, adding: “You face a substantial sentence in a young offenders institute.”
CCTV used in the trial shows Cox’s car approaching a crowd of pedestrians outside the Courtyard nightclub on Cambrian Road, Newport, as some begin fighting in the early hours of April 29.
The car clips one of the pedestrians, leading some to kick the Ford C-Max people carrier and confront Cox at either side of his vehicle.
Moments later, the car darts forward and turns on to the pavement towards a group of people, including victims Sophie Poole and Emma Nicholls, who are sitting on a kerb.
Cox runs over the two girls before reversing back over them, then darting forward once more over their bodies and reversing further down the street.
Witnesses begin to attack his car and smash its windscreen, prompting Cox to accelerate out of the road at speed, missing other pedestrians by inches.
Police found the car nearby later that day having been set on fire.