A Netherton driver who crashed a stolen car into a telegraph pole leaving his three passengers with serious injuries, one confined to a wheelchair, has been jailed for five years.

Wolverhampton Crown Court heard how Timothy Pascal was driving the Ford Fiesta "aggressively" when he lost control of the car in Halesowen Road, Netherton.

Following the accident Pascal fled the scene and told police someone else had been behind the wheel of the car which had been stolen from Leamington Spa days before.

Pascal of Ashfield Drive, admitted three charges of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, aggravated vehicle taking and perverting the course of justice.