Thieves jailed after 'shameful' mugging
A PAIR of muggers attacked a man with learning difficulties and robbed him for a chocolate bar and magazine.
Craig Fasoli and Kevin Stanley spotted Bernard Brown, 54, in Loughborough Road after he had visited a newsagents near Trent Bridge on Sunday, April 24 and began shouting at him.
-
Nottingham Crown Court
Stanley, 41, kicked a football at Mr Brown and the pair grabbed his carrier bag, which contained a chocolate bar and magazine.
Fasoli, 20, then punched Mr Brown on his head, which broke his hearing aid and left him with a wound near his left ear.
Business Cards From Only £10.95 Delivered www.myprint-247.co.uk
View detailsOur heavyweight cards have FREE UV silk coating, FREE next day delivery & VAT included. Choose from 1000's of pre-designed templates or upload your own artwork. Orders dispatched within 24hrs.
Terms: Visit our site for more products: Business Cards, Compliment Slips, Letterheads, Leaflets, Postcards, Posters & much more. All items are free next day delivery. www.myprint-247.co.uk
Contact: 01858 468192
Valid until: Friday, May 31 2013
Fasoli and Stanley were both charged with robbery and pleaded guilty at Nottingham Crown Court.
Judge John Milmo QC said: "The picture I get is of an unprovoked attack on someone who you knew was particularly vulnerable.
"It was a shameful attack on someone who couldn't adequately defend himself.
"The obvious vulnerability of the victim is a serious aggravating factor."
Stanley, of Wilford Crescent East, The Meadows, was jailed for 32 months.
Fasoli, also of Wilford Crescent East, was jailed for two years for the robbery. He was also given a concurrent eight-month prison sentence for carrying a glass bottle during the widespread disorder across Nottingham in August.
Fasoli was with Karl Pine, 20, when they were seen by police in St James Street running towards Maid Marion Way, at around 10.40pm on August 9, 2011.
They claimed they had been attacked in Old Market Square a few hours previously and had taken the glass bottles from a pub to defend themselves.
Fasoli and Pine both admitted carrying an offensive weapon. Judge Milmo said their behaviour was "idiotic" and that the consequences of the pair carrying the bottle would have been much more serious had it not have been for the actions of the police.
Comments
by sime64
Friday, January 20 2012, 1:21PM
“Its time for a cull in this country..and i'm not talking about badgers!”
by Bluus
Friday, January 20 2012, 1:02PM
“"It was a shameful attack on someone who couldn't adequately defend himself."
The problem is that these kind of cowards always attack people who can't defend themselves. They're too scared to attack even lone passers by who look remotely handy.
I don't think I'd lose too much sleep if I heard they'd been branded across the forehead with the word 'COWARD' for all to see.”
by MiRRv
Friday, January 20 2012, 12:35PM
“andyjsy
the only battering theyll get in prison is on fish and chips friday”
by countytilldie
Friday, January 20 2012, 12:35PM
“f@cking scumbags,i hope they get the sh@t kicked out of them inside,i hope some insiders make them drop the soap in shower.i for one hope they suffer.”
by Conversation
Friday, January 20 2012, 11:18AM
“What goes around comes around.”
by AmazedinNotts
Friday, January 20 2012, 9:24AM
“Pieces of scum...school bullies who haven't grown up and feel good to be able to push people around who are less fortunate. I hope they get the living daylights kicked out of them in prison!”
by philstag3
Friday, January 20 2012, 8:39AM
“meant to say isn't the *ONE* with difficulties”
by philstag3
Friday, January 20 2012, 8:38AM
“41 years old and acting like that? Jeez your a big man. Crime at any age is bad but it is really concerning that somebody in this age range can commit to this type of attack on somebody so vulnerable. Are you sure this guy isn't the wrong with the difficulties. For once I am very pleased with the sentence - a jail stint, I half expected to get to the end of the article to read that they had only got a fine and suspended sentence.
I hope Bernard can get over this attack.”