A FURIOUS driver who "got a kick out of crime" followed another man's vehicle and violently "rammed" it from behind.
Three young children who were inside the other vehicle were left crying and "terrified" by the ordeal, a court heard.
Scott Williams, 23, of Pelham Square, Cleethorpes, admitted intimidating a witness, handling stolen goods and producing cannabis.
Angela Wrottesley, prosecuting, told Grimsby Crown Court that the victim, who was a witness in a case, was driving his Landrover Discovery vehicle on August 5 and had his three children, aged nine, three and 10 months, in the back.
He was waiting at traffic lights in Grimsby town centre when Williams approached in the opposite direction.
Williams changed direction and drove immediately behind the father.
Both vehicles pulled forward and Williams drove his vehicle into the back of the other one.
There was a "huge noise" and the victim felt like his vehicle was in the air.
"He was forced forward and spun around," said Miss Wrottesley.
Both vehicles were badly damaged and the bill for the damage to the victim's vehicle was £5,000.
"The defendant got out of his vehicle and chased after the complainant's vehicle," said Miss Wrottesley.
"The children in the vehicle were upset and crying."
Williams also handled a stolen Range Rover, valued at £6,040, on July 17 after claiming he bought it from "two Scousers" for £500.
He was arrested after taking it to a valeting company.
While he was in police custody, police searched his home on July 22 and found 23 cannabis plants.
They had a potential cannabis yield of £7,200 at street level. Electricity valued at more than £2,000 had been illegally used.
Andrew Bailey, mitigating, said Williams and the victim used to be friends but had "fallen out" and there was a "chance encounter" between them.
"Nobody suffered any visible injuries but there may have been whiplash injuries," said Mr Bailey.
Williams had taken to drink and drugs and admitted he "got a kick out of crime" at the time but he was now ashamed of his behaviour.
"He became dependent on cannabis and it was a downward spiral for him," added Mr Bailey.
Recorder Tahir Khan QC told Williams: "You deliberately drove your car into the back of the vehicle which the victim was driving, effectively ramming his vehicle with yours.
"His three young children were in the car and no doubt they would have been terrified about what was happening."
Williams was jailed for two years and two months.
