A VIOLENT robber is behind bars after pleading guilty to street robberies committed across Ellesmere Port, Chester and Crewe.
Anthony Hamlett, 20, previously of John Nicholas Crescent, Ellesmere Port, was sentenced to nearly four years in jail at Chester Crown Court on Friday.
Hamlett robbed a 24-year-old man in Whitby Road, Ellesmere Port on March 2.
He threatened his victim and stole his phone and wallet before forcing him to walk to a cashpoint and withdraw £300 from his account, which Hamlett took.
Just two weeks later, on March 14, Hamlett committed another two robberies in the space of 10 minutes on City Road and Station Road in Chester, again approaching young men and threatening them to hand over cash.
The following day he attempted to rob a young man at Crewe Railway Station.
He approached him on a train and started speaking to him before demanding he hand over money. The victim managed to get away and alert police, who arrested Hamlett at the railway station.
DC Stuart Thomas, who investigated the case, said: “Hamlett’s criminal behaviour was further exacerbated by the fact that he was on bail for a separate offence of perverting the course of justice at the time he committed the robberies.
“He is a violent individual who has a propensity to commit violent offences and puts his victims in risk of serious harm in doing so.
“I am pleased that the courts have imprisoned this dangerous individual and removed him from our streets.”
