A teenager mugged three boys as they walked home from school. But when he tried the same thing the next day, police caught up with him, Bristol Crown Court heard.
The three boys were walking along the Bristol and Bath Railway Path when they encountered a group including Kavell Common, who approached them and asked them for the time and where they lived. He then took them to a secluded spot and, hinting he had a weapon, robbed them of their mobile phones.
Common, 18, of Holly Road in Dartford, pleaded guilty to three robberies in September 2020. The court heard he had no previous convictions.