Chilling moment stranger sneaks into woman's car when she pulls up at traffic lights

Chilling moment stranger sneaks into woman's car when she pulls up at traffic lights

This is the moment a stranger sneaked into a woman’s car after she pulled up at traffic lights in broad daylight.Steven Partington, 44, was caught on CCTV loitering in a blind spot behind a white Astra before he silently opened the rear passenger door and hid on the back seat.Partington eventually grabbed the woman’s handbag and fled.

The distressed woman managed to drive home where she called police who launched a major man-hunt.He was caught after the woman’s handbag was found dumped in a car park alongside a green coat which contained bail paperwork in Partington's name.Partington, of no fixed address, admitted robbery at Nottingham Crown Court and was jailed for four years and eight months on Thursday.