'Dead meat!' Teen who drove dangerously in Shropshire town threatened to stab witness
A dangerous teenage driver has admitted threatening to stab a witness, calling him “dead meat”.
Banned Joe Tarver, aged 18, drove a white BMW 1 Series dangerously on roads in Shrewsbury including Welshpool Road on June 25 last year.
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A fortnight later, on July 9, he threatened to stab a witness, telling him he was “a dead man already” and “dead meat”.
