Man attacks a 14 year old boy for 30p

Big man wanted to show how tough he was.

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"A ROBBER from London threatened to stab a 14-year-old cyclist in the face “to impress a girl and show her how tough he was�.

Diggory Morrell, aged 18, subjected his victim to a terrifying ordeal and got away with just 30 pence, Newport Crown Court heard.

Steven Donoghue, prosecuting, said the robbery took place in a subway near Caerphilly Castle one evening last May.

Judge Daniel Williams was told how the victim had been cycling with some of his friends when Morrell attacked him.

Mr Donoghue said: “The defendant was trying to show off to the girl and he was saying how tough he was and how tough it was in London. It was she who pushed him towards the boys.

“He confronted the 14-year-old boy and said to him, ‘I’ve got a knife in my pocket. I will stab you in the face if you don’t give me everything you’ve got.’

“The victim handed him three 10p pieces.�

The court heard how, after the robbery, Morrell told the boy and his friends: “Run off now as fast as you can.�

The victim called the police and officers arrested the defendant who had stayed at the scene with the girl.

Although Morrell had made a threat about being armed with a blade, he didn’t actually have one.

In a victim impact statement, read to the court, the boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said: “I was very scared at the time because I thought he had a knife.�

Morrell, of The Greenway, Uxbridge, pleaded guilty to robbery. "

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