Robbery bid man jailed - Gazette Live

Adam Greener was armed with a silver revolver when he got into a woman's car at the junction of Roman Road and Rockliffe Road, in Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, and said: "Drive or I'll shoot you." Under the influence of drugs, he tried to snatch the driver's handbag from the passenger seat of the Peugeot 206, which was stationary in traffic, Teesside Crown Court heard.

After the driver began screaming for help Greener jumped out of the car but left the imitation firearm in the footwell. Greener, 20, of Westbourne Road, Middlesbrough, pleaded guilty to attempting to rob 46-year-old mum Kay Cotton, from the Eston area, of her handbag on January 15, and possessing a firearm or imitation firearm with intent to commit robbery.

Prosecutor Ian West suggested Greener had gone out with the intention of committing an armed robbery at the Tesco store on Roman Road, but due to the time being just after 4pm had found it full of school children buying sweets and gave up.

He didn't get a chance to do something which would have been more profitable than taking Mrs Cotton's handbag," added Mr West. He said Greener was arrested when he returned to the scene of the crime shortly after fleeing the car. The court heard he had been to a nearby family member's home where he changed his clothes. Local shopkeepers were able to point him out at the scene to police officers. His defence barrister Peter Sabiston said: "He has expressed a degree of remorse.

He cannot fully explain what he did that afternoon other than this - he had been taking too many drugs." Judge Brian Forster said: "This lady was clearly shocked at what had happened. She started screaming and banging on the car window. It's quite clear that she seems to have expected the worst.

This is one of the most serious set of circumstances one could find, it involves the specific statement by you - & 8216;Drive, or I will shoot you'. It is difficult to comprehend a more frightening situation." The court was told the revolver was an imitation which could not have been fired. Judge Forster jailed Greener for four years. Keep up to date with the news.

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