Richard Kelly drove the Ford Puma into Darlington Hippodrome at 3.40pm on Thursday, March 7.
The 47-year-old drove at high speed down Park Place, straight through a T-junction before crashing through the metal barriers outside the theatre and into the front of the building.
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