Could this be the worst robber ever?
- 5 years ago
A DRUGGED-UP thug has been jailed for ten years for trying to hold up a bank and then robbing a shop worker at knifepoint minutes later.
Hapless heroin addict Paul Easby, aged 37, put on a balaclava in the store – but only after he had walked unmasked past several CCTV cameras.
Easby, who has spent most of his life behind bars for a string of violent offences, even asked his taxi to wait outside the Londis shop while he carried out the raid.
Police quickly recognised him from the footage and he was arrested the next day, when he admitted he had been so intoxicated he could not recall what he had done.
Now a judge at Plymouth Crown Court has jailed him for a decade for what he called the “terrifying raids”.
Judge Simon Carr said: “The bank cashier took four months before she could return to work and even when she did she was having nightmares.”
He praised the “considerable bravery” shown by the woman who ignored Easby’s threat that he had a gun to press a panic alarm at the Barclays Branch in Armada Way.
Easby, a heroin addict since his early 20s, has committed a string of violent and sometimes bizarre offences including a cat burglary at a jewellery shop and escaping from security guards while going to the toilet.
Hapless heroin addict Paul Easby, aged 37, put on a balaclava in the store – but only after he had walked unmasked past several CCTV cameras.
Easby, who has spent most of his life behind bars for a string of violent offences, even asked his taxi to wait outside the Londis shop while he carried out the raid.
Police quickly recognised him from the footage and he was arrested the next day, when he admitted he had been so intoxicated he could not recall what he had done.
Now a judge at Plymouth Crown Court has jailed him for a decade for what he called the “terrifying raids”.
Judge Simon Carr said: “The bank cashier took four months before she could return to work and even when she did she was having nightmares.”
He praised the “considerable bravery” shown by the woman who ignored Easby’s threat that he had a gun to press a panic alarm at the Barclays Branch in Armada Way.
Easby, a heroin addict since his early 20s, has committed a string of violent and sometimes bizarre offences including a cat burglary at a jewellery shop and escaping from security guards while going to the toilet.