He was jailed for two years and five months
A convicted drug dealer who tried to drag a woman out of her car outside a doctors’ surgery in Peterborough has been jailed for more than two years. Lee Holliday, 43, ran towards the victim’s car as she was driving out of the Westwood Centre in Peterborough at about 1.30pm on July 31.
The victim stopped driving when she noticed Holliday chasing after her, thinking there might be a problem with her car. Holliday, of Welland Road, Dogsthorpe, Peterborough, immediately opened the rear passenger door of the car and got into the back, shouting “drive, drive, they’re chasing me”.
When the victim refused and told him to get out, Holliday did so but walked around to the driver’s side, opened the door, and tried to grab the ignition keys and the steering wheel. Holliday put his hands around the victim’s neck, attempted to pull her out the vehicle, ripping her shirt and necklace in the struggle.
The victim’s daughter, who was close by at the time, assisted in intervening and getting Holliday away from the vehicle until police arrived. Following a trial at Cambridge Crown Court, which concluded on Thursday (12 February), Holliday was found guilty of common assault and was jailed for two years and five months, which included the activation of a two-year suspended sentence for supplying class A drugs.
DC Matt Reed, who investigated, said: “This was a frightening ordeal for the victim who was targeted at random by Holliday. Hopefully, this will be a wake-up call for him.”