A thug has been pictured moments before he stabbed a Good Samaritan who slammed the attempted thief to the ground for trying to steal two bottles of whisky.
Connor Beckett, 23, was today jailed for 12 years for stabbing the man, in his 50s, in the stomach at a Sainsbury s in Poole, Dorset, at around 4.35pm on Monday, February 10 last year.
Beckett was seen clutching a knife in his hand as the shopper took him to the ground. Seconds after the image was captured on CCTV, the knifeman plunged the weapon into the man s abdomen.
An accomplice, Jack Torpey, 22, was also given eight months in prison on Wednesday, November 4, after admitting affray and theft.
THIS shocking image was taken moments before a victim was stabbed in the abdomen as he tried to stop a knife wielding thug stealing from a Dorset supermarket. The man who stabbed him, seen in the image holding the knife, has just been jailed for 12 years. Connor James Eric Beckett, aged 23, of Bowden Road, Poole, was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court earlier today, Friday, January 29.
Conor Beckett His victim, a man in his 50s, spent a week in intensive care after being stabbed in the stomach. Beckett had been found guilty – at an earlier trial at the same court – of grievous bodily with intent and possessing a bladed article in a public place.