Self realisation
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2014 10:29 pm
A teenage mugger who handed himself into police after realising that his victim had Asperger's syndrome told officers that he was 'scum'.
Connor Dawes followed the vulnerable young man into a darkened alleyway where he knocked him to the ground and stole his phone and wallet. But when Dawes rifled through the wallet, he found details on his victim's condition and turned himself into police. The 19-year-old told the officers that he felt 'very bad' for kicking his victim and described himself as 'scum'.
He was jailed for two years at Warwick Crown Court after he admitted to robbery.
The court heard Dawes, from Nottingham, was in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, with a friend when the pair spotted the victim walking through the town centre alone at around 10pm. He was caught on CCTV following the young man for about five minutes before approaching the man in the alleyway. There, he knocked him to the ground and pulled off his coat before snatching his phone and wallet. The victim suffered a cut to his eye and as a result of the robbery. He now feels scared and vulnerable and is terrified of seeing his attackers in the street, the court heard.
Dawes gave evidence at Nuneaton Youth Court against another alleged robber, but that youth was found not guilty. Tom Schofield, defending, said: 'The first significant mitigation is his early guilty plea. He describes himself as 'scum' to the author of the pre-sentence report, reflecting his genuine shame at what he had done. 'And he handed himself in to the police, although he had then moved out of the area, and made full admissions.'
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