1/1 AN Ellesmere Port woman who robbed a disabled man out of £20 has been jailed for two years. Cheryl Peggy Wheadon, 34, of Somerville Crescent, pleaded guilty to robbing the man, who used a walking stick, outside the Asda store in Ellesmere Port, before her trial was due to take place. Appearing from custody at Chester Crown Court on Thursday, February 18, Wheadon was told by Judge Simon Berkson it was a nasty offence committed in broad daylight with other members of the public present. Prosecuting, Michael Whitty said the victim had previously suffered a stroke and used a walking stick to get about.
Man raided shop with screwdriver but was caught after hiding his trousers in bin
Bungling Robert Forbes also called a taxi to help him escape during his drug-fuelled robbery of an Ellesmere Port shop
Robert Forbes was jailed for a screwdriver raid on a shop (Image: cheshire police)
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AN Ellesmere Port robber armed with a screwdriver has been jailed for over four years. Robert Forbes, of Sutton Way in Great Sutton, repeatedly demanded money from a woman working behind the tills at a convenience store in the town shortly after it opened on the morning of Tuesday, 12 January. Seeing that the 40-year-old had a screwdriver in his hand, the sales assistant ran into the store room and pressed a panic alarm. Forbes then went behind the counter and used his screwdriver to gain access to the drawers inside the two tills. He took £100 out of one of the drawers and fled the store on Old Chester Road in Great Sutton whilst carrying the other, which also contained £100.
Robert Forbes has been jailed. Photo: Cheshire Police A man from Ellesmere Port has been jailed after committing a robbery at a convenience store in the town whilst armed with a screwdriver. Robert Forbes, of Sutton Way in Great Sutton, repeatedly demanded money from a woman working behind the tills shortly after the store opened on the morning of Tuesday, January 12. Seeing that the 40-year-old had a screwdriver in his hand, the sales assistant ran into the store room and pressed a panic alarm. Forbes then went behind the counter and used his screwdriver to gain access to the drawers inside the two tills.
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