A career burglar broke both ankles after jumping off a roof while trying to evade arrest.
Paul Andrews, who also severely lacerated his right hand in his failed escape bid, was wanted for two brazen daylight burglary offences. One of these was witnessed by patients in a nearby doctor’s waiting room and when a GP bravely challenged him, Andrews, who was wearing a balaclava, threatened to stab him.
A court heard today (Tue) that at the time he had been released under investigation for an unprovoked attack in a Wirral park which left a 16-year-old boy with a dislocated shoulder. The defendant and a companion had earlier been “hitting on” some teenage girls - before the boy and his friend intervened - and a judge described their behaviour, as men twice their age, as “rather pathetic.”
