A yob has been jailed after trying to steal a watch worth more than £182,000 from a man weeks after stealing thousands of pounds of cash from a G4S van making a delivery.
William Robinson's crime spree started on June 22 last year in Longsight when the 28-year-old, with Shera Patrick and Thomas Warwick, watched on as a G4S member of staff delivered cash to the Lloyds Bank on Stockport Road. After watching him make a number of deposits to the bank, Robinson and Warwick jumped out of the car and charged at the man.
Robinson hit him to the hand with a baton before Warwick swiped the IBOX containing £25,000, Manchester Crown Court heard. The pair then ran back to an Audi, driven by Patrick, to make their escape. The G4S driver pressed a silent alarm soon after they were hit and activated a “detonator” which deactivates the box and destroys the cash, but they were unsure that this would have worked as they needed to be within a certain radius.
