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A man who stole a bus and took it on a 30-mile joyride and caused £250,000 of damage has been jailed.
Shane Oldroyd, 27, of Ossett, West Yorkshire, was three times over the drink-driving limit when he stole the single-decker Arriva bus and took it on a rampage through the streets of Wakefield in West Yorkshire.
When questioned by police in August, Oldroyd said: 'So what, I took the bus for a nice little ride.'
Along the way, he ploughed into more than 50 cars, damaged several walls and smashed numerous street signs.
Oldroyd had hidden behind the seats on the bus with his friend Sarah Smith after getting on at Wakefield bus station. He had then started the bus and decidedto drive home.
At Leeds Crown Court Judge Kerry Macgill jailed Oldroyd indefinitely to serve at least three-and-a-half years.
CCTV footage, shot from a West Yorkshire police helicopter which tracked the bus through Wakefield city centre and surrounding towns, captured Oldroyd driving on the wrong side of the road, side-swiping other cars and destroying traffic lights as the bus smashed into them.
Oldroyd's friend Sarah Smith, 20, was travelling with him on the bus
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Shane Oldroyd, 27, of Ossett, West Yorkshire, was three times over the drink-driving limit when he stole the single-decker Arriva bus and took it on a rampage through the streets of Wakefield in West Yorkshire.
When questioned by police in August, Oldroyd said: 'So what, I took the bus for a nice little ride.'
Along the way, he ploughed into more than 50 cars, damaged several walls and smashed numerous street signs.
Oldroyd had hidden behind the seats on the bus with his friend Sarah Smith after getting on at Wakefield bus station. He had then started the bus and decidedto drive home.
At Leeds Crown Court Judge Kerry Macgill jailed Oldroyd indefinitely to serve at least three-and-a-half years.
CCTV footage, shot from a West Yorkshire police helicopter which tracked the bus through Wakefield city centre and surrounding towns, captured Oldroyd driving on the wrong side of the road, side-swiping other cars and destroying traffic lights as the bus smashed into them.
Oldroyd's friend Sarah Smith, 20, was travelling with him on the bus
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