# Man jailed for stealing ambulance with patient and paramedic inside

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/monkey-dust-addict-who-stole-ambulance-with-elderly-patient-and-paramedic-in-the-back-is-jailed/
- Published: 2026-11-10T13:39:23+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T13:49:59+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16281101/Monkey-dust-addict-stole-ambulance-elderly-patient-paramedic-jailed.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Health, Medicine, World

## Key points

- Leese stole an ambulance with a patient and paramedic inside.
- He drove erratically for more than 20 minutes and ran red lights.
- The court sentenced him to 21 months in prison.

## Summary

Marshall Leese, 32, has been jailed for 21 months after stealing an ambulance outside Royal Stoke University Hospital while a paramedic and an elderly patient were inside. He drove for more than 20 minutes, including through red lights, putting the people in the vehicle and others on the road at risk.

The patient, a man in his 80s taking blood thinners, was being treated for a head injury, and the paramedic said he was terrified during the drive. Leese, who admitted false imprisonment and aggravated vehicle taking, was experiencing delusions linked to daily use of the synthetic drug monkey dust; he was caught after fleeing at a petrol station and hiding in nearby woodland.

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