JUST DESSERTS
ARMED THUG WENT ON ROBBERY JOYRIDE IN NORTHAMPTON AFTER KNIFE POINT TAXI CARJACK
A dangerous criminal has been jailed for eight years after two knife-point robberies which saw him take cash and a taxi.
NorthantsLive reports that Marvin Flannagan, 50, was drunk when he used a knife to threaten two men dur- ing a night of offending which started on July 30, 2020. Northampton Crown Court heard on Thursday 13 January, Flannagan was drunk and went out to commit the rob- beries in Northampton. He first got into a taxi to go on a short journey and when the driver pulled over and asked him to pay, he climbed into the front, pinning the driver against his seat and demanded money.
Flannagan then pulled out a knife, and the taxi driver ran away leaving him in
the cab. He drove a short distance before taking around £45 from the taxi and then went on the hunt in Northampton “looking out for someone to rob”. He saw a man waiting to meet a friend and walked up to him asking for a cigarette. The criminal then asked what was in the man's wallet before pressing a knife into his side. After seeing that the wallet was empty Flannagan walked the man to a cash point, and when the victim put in the wrong pin number he told him he
would “cut him up” if he did not put in the correct number. He took £100 from the man, before walking away, sarcastically telling him to “have a good night”. Judge David Herbert QC, said that he was “quite satisfied” that Flannagan was a dangerous man. He sentenced him to a total of eight years in prison, of which he will have to serve two thirds. He was also given an extended licence period of a year, which will be added to the end of his sentence. Flannagan is already serving a four years and seven month sentence for his part in a stabbing of a Northampton man on August 15, 2020. His new sentence will begin at the end of his current jail time.
FINE FOR EDINBURGH BODYBUILDER WHO THREW UP IN TAXI AND ATTACKED DRIVER AND POLICE
An Edinburgh bodybuilder who vomit- ed in a taxi during a drinking binge attacked the cabbie who demanded he pay to clean up the mess. According to EdinburghLive, Steven Donoghue threw up in the backseat of the black cab in Edinburgh while taxi driver Wasiq Billah was behind the wheel. Asked to pay a cleaning charge, Donoghue, 32, punched Wasiq in the face, leaving him with a bloody mouth. When police were called, the thug assaulted three officers, punching each of them in turn. Donoghue appeared at the city’s Sher- iff Court on Wednesday 12 January, and admitted four charges of assault. Fiscal depute Gavin Marshall said the accused took the taxi at around 11pm and Wasiq “observed Mr Donoghue being sick in the rear of the cab”. The court was told the cabbie pulled over and attempted to get Donoghue
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out into the street to avoid “further dam- age” to the vehicle. Donoghue started to walk away, Mr Marshall said, and Wasiq told him he had to “pay the cleaning bill”.
He added: “Mr Donoghue walked back to Mr Billah and punched him to the face.” After the victim called for police and officers arrived, the court heard Donoghue was “aggressive” towards them. He punched Pc Amanda Urquhart to the face, causing her to fall to the ground, before fleeing. The court heard Pc Jamie Alexander gave chase, catching Donoghue and the pair “struggled”. Mr Marshall said the accused managed to get on top of the constable and
repeatedly punched him to the head and body. Donoghue then ran at Pc Lewis Shaw with his “hands raised” and punched him to the head, he added. A number of officers were finally able to subdue Donoghue and put him in a police vehicle. The court was told the “typical” clean- ing fee among taxi drivers was £50. Defence agent Nicola Haston said her client had “no recollection” of the events as he’d been “drinking very heavily”. She said Donoghue had been going through a break-up with his part- ner and “just hit the drink” but hadn’t touched alcohol since the incident. Sheriff Frank Crowe fined Donoghue, of the city’s Craiglockhart area, a total of £600. The sheriff also ordered him to make compensation payments with £100 going to Wasiq, £50 to Pc Urquhart, and £200 to PC Alexander.
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