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Reports from some of the defendants who have been jailed following cases heard at Bradford Crown Court this week A MAN was jailed for five years after four armed raiders kicked down the door of a Bradford house and shouted: “Give me the money.”
Billy Pryce had a knife while two of his accomplices wielded a baton and a spade and the third brandished an axe, Bradford Crown Court heard. The terror unfolded at 9.25pm on January 15 when the couple living at the address in Queensbury were doing a jigsaw in the kitchen, prosecutor Conor Quinn said. There were shouts of “Police, police, nobody move!” and the door was kicked in.
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Man caught with cocaine in his underwear told police they were bang on to suspect him of drug dealing
Higginson A man caught with wraps of cocaine in his underwear has been jailed for two and a half years after telling police they were “bang on” when they suspected he was guilty of drug dealing. Daniel Higginson was desperate for money and had the bailiffs at his door when he was seen dealing in Shipley town centre on the afternoon of February 18, Bradford Crown Court heard yesterday. He pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine with intent to supply and was jailed on a video link to Leeds Prison where he was remanded in custody.
Forster Square arches A teenager was exploited and abducted by criminal gangs when he committed a spree of eight violent street robberies in central Bradford, a court heard yesterday. The youth, who cannot be named because of his age, attacked boys and male students, snatching phones and money and producing a knife on one occasion. He pleaded guilty to eight robberies committed when he was aged 14 to 16 and was sentenced to a nine-month Youth Rehabilitation Order with a five-month overnight curfew. His barrister, Christopher Styles, said the teenager was exploited by criminal gangs and pressured into carrying out the robberies. At one point, he was abducted and forced to sell drugs in Swansea.