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1 8 - 0 4 - 2 0 0 5 Body builder is jailed for attack on 80-year-old
icSurreyOnline
A BODY builder who attacked a terrified 80-year-old man after tricking his way into his Hurst Green home pretending to be a detective has been jailed for four years. Isaac Devell, 24, hit his victim over the head with a clipboard and
He had called at the pensioner's house introducing himself as Detective Constable Thomas. But when the victim became suspicious and tried to ring for help, Devell knocked the phone from his hand and threatened him with arrest before assaulting him when he was asked for his warrant card. Appearing before Guildford Crown Court on Friday April 8, Devell, from Brook Street, in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, pleaded guilty to burglary and assault with intent to rob. Heather Norton, prosecuting, said that when Devell called round on August 20 last year he asked to see his notes. She said: "The victim was suspicious and asked to see his warrant card. He produced a driving licence and then became threatening. He threatened to arrest him for obstructing the police and even pretended to call colleagues, saying 'bring uniform and a search warrant'. The victim picked up the phone to call the real police. The defendant knocked the phone out of his hand and hit him over the head with the clipboard. He then hit him with a mug, causing him pain and was still asking 'Where is the money?'" The court heard Devell fled empty handed, but police found the discarded clipboard nearby and his DNA on a pen and fingerprints on some papers. Darryn Rollinson, defending Devell, who had a string of previous convictions including robbery and burglary, told the court that he carried out the crime because he was desperate for cash to pay for anabolic steroids to help his body building. He said: "He was short of money and was body building at the time and using steriods. . "One course of the steriods cost £600. He couldn't afford to keep the course going and that is why this offence came about. "He wanted to apologise to the victim and he simply said that having sat down and thought about it he realises how nasty the offence was." Judge Derek Inman told him: "It is clear that you thought out what you were going to do that day and probably selected an ageing victim. The sad feature is that he was 80. I can see the size of you and it must have been a terrifying experience for him. It is something I am sure he will never forget." Detective Sergeant Tony Scott, who heads the East Surrey burglary team, said: "To target an elderly man in this way is despicable and we are delighted at the lengthy sentence that has been handed out."
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