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A woman stole a bus at Birmingham Airport and took it on a seven-mile journey which ended in carnage on a tight road full of parked cars. Shazma Ansar threatened driver Mark Lewis with a

knife and demanded he take her to London. He went to fetch the police but came back to find his bus had gone. READ MORE: 'GREEDY MUM LIVING IN £1M HOUSE' STOLE £166K FROM EMPLOYER

AND DIDN'T TELL FAMILY Ansar, aged 29, was ultimately arrested on St. Benedicts Road, Small Heath having collided into a number of stationary cars and wedged the bus between them while

trying to turnaround. Then while in custody she spat at three different officers. But Birmingham Crown Court heard Ansar, previously from Shard End, suffered paranoid schizophrenia and had

not been taking her medication at the time. On Wednesday, May 28 she was sentenced to a hospital order with restrictions under the Mental Health Act. She admitted threatening someone with a

knife, aggravated vehicle taking, three charges of assaulting an emergency worker as well as driving without a licence and insurance. Ansar had boarded the bus on Timberley Lane, Shard End,

shortly after midnight on September 24 last year. She asked to go to Small Heath but when Mr Lewis said he was going to Birmingham Airport she agreed to go there instead. Prosecutor Sally

Cairns said: "When they arrived the defendant was the only passenger. "She lay down across the back seats. Mr Lewis drove the bus to a stand at Birmingham Airport and displayed the

'out of service' sign. "He asked the defendant if she was going to leave. She demanded to be taken to London. "Mr Lewis told her he couldn't do that, but he could

take her back to where she got on. "The defendant walked down the bus, close to the driver's side, with a kitchen knife in her hand. "She said 'if you don't take me

to London I will kill you', swearing at Mr Lewis." Mr Lewis agreed and convinced Ansar to let him go to the toilet. Instead, he alerted police at the aiport but when they returned

the bus had gone. It was next spotted on Coventry Road where Ansar turned off into St. Benedicts Road which had cars parked on either side. Ms Cairns said: "As it drove down the bus

clipped wing mirrors. "The defendant turned left and tried to turn the rear of the bus. "It collided with a parked car and pushed that car into another car. "The defendant

carried on driving dragging parked cars caught on the bus. "She tried to manoeuvre the bus by doubled parked cars but the bus became lodged." Police arrived to find Ansar beeping

the horn, 'acting bizarrely' and 'asking for a Lamborghini'. She was arrested but later on that morning she spat in the face of a detention officer after asking to be let

go. She also spat at two police constables after being taken to Sandwell Hospital having complained of chest pains. Psychiatrists have confirmed she suffers from paranoid schizophrenia with

symptoms including hearing voices and acting upon them, the court was told. Ansar is currently being treated at Chadwick Lodge secure mental health hospital in Milton Keynes. Recorder

Rebecca Wade agreed to the recommendation for a hospital order with restrictions, concluding Ansar had a 'lack of insight' into her mental illness and offending as well as taking

into account her 'persistent history of none-compliance with treatment'. She added she posed a risk of causing serious harm to the public if not detained.