Man charged with brutal car-jacking on Sandwell pensioner

Detectives investigating the brutal car-jacking of a Sandwell pensioner on his driveway have charged a man with wounding and robbery.Reginald Stocking was opening the gate to his Chapel Street home in West Bromwich last Sunday (May 10) when a man jumped behind the wheel of his Peugeot 207. The 78-year-old fought valiantly to stop the thief but was struck by the car and shunted against a wall; he remains seriously ill in hospital (pictured).Last night detectives charged 34-year-old Andrew Jones,