"I like to get dressed up and have nice things but now I don’t feel like I can do that.."
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA cocaine and vodka fuelled robber committed a ‘campaign’ of crime after being offered support when he arrived in the UK on a small boat.
Ossama Tagercift, 28, arrived in the country from Algeria in 2022. He was given a place to stay in a hotel while his asylum claim was being processed, but he lost that accommodation after being jailed for burgling a house, Manchester Crown Court heard.
Tagercift then went on to carry out two robberies, an attempted robbery and an attempted theft with accomplices as part of a ‘targeted campaign of distraction and diversion ploys’, prosecutor Jamie Baxter said.
He and another man tried to steal their victim’s £5,000 Rolex watch on one occasion, while on another a man was robbed of a £2,500 chain during his second day in the UK. READ MORE: His trusting colleagues thought he was going about his normal business...
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