Prison absconder jailed after stealing a Ferrari in two week crime spree

A man who absconded from prison and car-jacked a Ferrari during a two week crime spree has been jailed for a further ten years at Birmingham Crown Court last week (16 June). 
  
Bilal Bashir, aged 27 from Alum Rock, Birmingham was serving four years for burglary when he went on the run from HMP Hewell after escaping from the exercise yard at the end of March last year. 
  
Just four days later on 1 April 2016 a black Audi S5 was stolen in a burglary at a house in Do