A robber who stamped on his victims, leaving one with a serious eye injury, has been jailed. John Shooter, of no fixed address, was locked up for eight years, and handed two-and-a-half years on extended licence.
Nottingham Crown Court heard he robbed a man in Leeming Street, Mansfield, on March 16 last year after he withdrew cash from a machine. He was kicked to his head and body and stamped on, leaving an impression of his footwear on his forehead.
Shooter, who was born on December 2, 1992, and is aged 30, escaped with his wallet, leaving the man numb and traumatised as he stumbled into a pub.
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He needed an operation to reattach his retina after suffering injury to his right eye. His statement revealed he now has difficulty sleeping and is fearful of further attack.
Shooter robbed a second man the following day in Rosemary Street, Mansfield. He punched him to the head, dragged him to the ground, and stamped on him repeatedly, the court heard. Shooter delivered four more punches to his face before he left.
The victim in this offence said he was left feeling vulnerable. Shooter committed further offences, including making threats to "stamp on" a McDonalds worker.
He was sentenced on Thursday (May 25). He pleaded guilty to the two robberies, theft, affray in McDonalds, Mansfield, assaulting a police officer, theft of cash, assault, criminal damage, offending during a suspended sentence, and using threatening words and behaviour. He was also sentenced for possessing an offensive weapon - a large nail - using threatening words and behaviour in McDonalds, Clumber Street, Nottingham; theft from Home Bargains, theft from Texaco, Mansfield, and theft from Iceland.
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