Spurned lover drank bottle of anti-freeze before driving car into ex-girlfriend's house at 80mph

A spurned lover who drank a bottle of anti-freeze before driving his car at 80mph into his ex-girlfriend's home in an attempted suicide has been jailed indefinitely. Edmund Bruton, 42, from Wembley, said he wanted to 'go out causing as much damage as he could' when he drove his Peugeot into the home of former partner Tara Lavery in Caversham, Berkshire.



Inner London Crown Court also heard that Bruton had wedged a 'garden fork' into the steering wheel of the car in an attempt to kill himself during the impact. Police also found a screwdriver in the foot-well of the car, which Bruton claimed he had lodged into the sun visor.

The jury also heard Bruton texted his former partner minutes before the crash Bruton saying: 'I will be waiting for you in hell' and 'you could have avoided this if you answered me.' The impact destroyed the garden brick wall and the front bay window before the car stopped in Mrs Lavery's front room. It caused £62,000 of damage to the house.



Bruton was found of guilty of damaging property with intent to endanger life and dangerous driving. He was jailed for a minimum term of seven and half years and disqualified from driving for life.