Pensioner sat down for a rest after a busy day - before she turned up
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA woman battered a pensioner with his own walking stick before robbing his pizza. Jade McDonnell, 27, approached the elderly man as he sat down for a rest after a day of shopping in Manchester city centre.
She demanded he handed over his food. When he said no, she launched a brutal attack, kicking and punching him as he lay on the floor.
McDonnell used the 72-year-old’s walking stick to hit him repeatedly, before running away with his shopping, his wallet and the takeaway food. Join our FREE Manchester Crime and Court WhatsApp group by clicking here Pleading guilty to robbery, she was jailed today (August 23) for three years.
Minshull Street Crown Court heard the man had been shopping and returned home to Rochdale at about midnight on July 10. He bought two pizzas from a takeaway on Drake Street, before crossing the road to sit down. "He then saw a woman, this defendant, approach him and she demanded his pizza," prosecutor Maxwell Cope told the court. "The situation quickly escalated as she attempted to take the pizza with such force that it prompted a physical struggle.
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