A 'despicable' joyrider who injured himself during a police chase before he robbed an 86-year-old woman in her home has been jailed. The pensioner tried to come to Shaun Kennelly’s aid after finding him hiding outside her house with an injury to his arm.
Unbeknown to the woman, the man in her garden had hurt himself minutes earlier after leading police on a dangerous car chase through Newark town centre. Within seconds of being invited into the woman’s Newark home to get a bandage, Kennelly suddenly grabbed her around the throat.
He then forced her to hand over all the cash she had in her purse before fleeing the scene – leaving his victim shaken up and with minor injuries. Kennelly, who was wearing no shoes or shirt throughout, carried out the 'callous' attack on June 20, 2022, having gone on a one-man rampage an hour earlier.
