A man who burgled a house, stole a car and then proceeded to commit a robbery with an axe before being involved in a car crash has been jailed for 12 years. Danny O’Driscoll, 33 of Four Acres, Bishopsworth, was handed the sentence at Bristol Crown Court on Tuesday (March 7) after pleading guilty to a number of offences.
O’Driscoll pleaded guilty to robbery, dwelling burglary, assaulting an emergency worker, aggravated vehicle taking, possession of a weapon in a public place, threatening with a bladed article in a public place and driving while disqualified.
He was sentenced to 12 years in prison and disqualified from driving for seven years and four months. The court heard how on Friday, April 8 last year, O’Driscoll burgled a house in Bedminster Down, where he made off with a car.
