DESPICABLE - This video shows the dreadful moment in which a man on a mobility scooter was thrown to the floor by a street robber. The thug - who hauled a disabled man from his mobility scooter before running off with his bag - described himself as “nine out of 10 drunk” and claimed not to recall the robbery. Daniel Jones, from Nuneaton, tried snatching the 42-year-old’s bag when he saw him on a late night supermarket trip at Coventry’s Arena Park. But the shoulder strap snagged round the man’s neck and despite his victim – who uses inhalers – gasping for breath Jones refused to release his grip and dragged him off the scooter as it toppled over. The 23-year-old finally managed to untangle the bag’s cord and fled. However, he returned to loiter around the Arena car-park minutes later unaware that CCTV operators had caught the February 18 attack on camera, were monitoring his movements and had relayed details to Coventry Police officers. Officers arrived minutes after the robbery and arrested Jones who when searched was found with the victim’s watch hidden down a trouser leg, whilst a police dog tracked to the canal-side where the Adidas bag was recovered. Jones, from Lexington Court in Nuneaton, was charged with robbery but claimed he couldn’t remember anything about the incident and refused to accept the attacker caught on camera was him when shown the CCTV footage. However, he was picked out by both his victim and a supermarket security guard witness during an ID procedure – and at Coventry Crown Court on Wednesday (2 April) he was jailed for a total of 40 months after admitting robbery. More info: west-midlands.police.uk/latest-news/news.aspx?id=630
Posted on: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 13:19:16 +0000
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