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A hit-and-run driver who killed a disabled army veteran had packed a bag to flee the country before he was tracked down by police. Claudiu Patrascu, who had only been in the UK for three months, had no licence and was driving a stolen car with false plates when he crashed into trike rider Glyn Clarke. Canterbury Crown Court heard the 45-year-old then fled the scene as the ex-serviceman lay dying in the road, with one witness describing him as “running for his life”. By the time police had traced him to his caravan near Faversham more than 12 hours later, he had packed a bag with food, his pass…

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