A MAN purposely drove over his former colleague in a car park leaving her injured after sharing a bottle of whiskey with her, a court heard.

The victim and the accused, Didzis Ozols, 33, of Barfields, Vange, who are both originally from Latvia, were sat in the vehicle in the car park off Kent View Road, Vange before the incident in January, Basildon Crown Court heard yesterday.

The pair had previously worked for Argos, the court had been told.

Speaking in the case yesterday, the victim, who was wearing an orthopaedic boot and was using crutches said: “We were talking and then it went a bit sour.

“He showed me a bottle of whiskey and I had four or five sips of it.

“Then I got out of the car and was walking to the exit of the car park and heard tyres spinning.



“I turned around and the car was coming towards me at a constant speed and it felt like it was rushing towards me.

“I will never forget it and I never thought he would have done this. The car hit my stomach first and I kinda of wrapped over the bonnet and I was trying to find something to hold on to.

“Then I slipped down the bonnet and went under the car.”

Ozols, of Bardfield, Vange, is on trial charged with failing to stop after a road accident, driving a motor vehicle without insurance, driving whilst disqualified, driving whilst unfit through drink and causing grievous bodily harm with intent.

The woman told the court she thinks Ozols reversed his car and then drove around her and left the car park.

She suffered multiple serious injuries at the scene and was taken to hospital where she underwent surgery after the incident.

She told the jury Ozols did not try to stop her leaving the vehicle and she got out to go home after speaking with him.

She said she was not drunk but did have a “positive feeling” and did not drink half of the bottle of whiskey.

The trial continues.