Terror on the school run

A car thief dragged a young mother out of her car at knifepoint to steal the Audi A5 on the school run, a court heard. Richard Flanagan, 27, pounced on Francesca Overall-Barnes after she had dropped her child off at Downhall Junior School, Ilford, Essex on 29 September. The following day Flanagan pulled a knife on Tanvir Alam as he got into his car Mercedes outside his home in Danehurst Gardens, Ilford. And just a few hours later Flanagan was…