Negrobar jumped over the counter brandishing a knife and raised it towards Mr Talwar while pointing at the till and demanding: “Gimme, gimme, gimme.” Three days later Paramjeet Talwar was behind the counter of his Seven Days Convenience Store in Hill Lane, Coventry, talking to a friend when the two men came in, again wearing masks. Shortly afterwards Hollie Richings had a text asking her to meet her brother, after which she then drove to the Birmingham jewellery quarter and sold the bangle and necklace for £1,600. ![]() ![]() Negrobar dragged Mrs Grover into the preparation area where Richings pulled a gold bangle and necklace worth up to £5,000 from her, and the two of them also grabbed just over £500 in cash before escaping. Police want to speak to this man after assault in Coventry.Teenage robber hauled elderly woman from toilet during house raid.Richings then pointed the gun, which has not been found and was accepted to be an imitation, at the staff member before pulling her across the room. Negrobar and Richings, who were both masked, burst into the shop and Negrobar, who had a long-bladed knife, jumped over the counter and pulled Mrs Grover to the floor.Īs she screamed, Mr Grover rushed to see what was going on, only to be confronted by Richings pointing a handgun at him and forcing him back into the food preparation area. Prosecutor Edmund Blackman said that on December 9 last year Vijay Grover and a female staff member were working in the preparation area at the Subway sandwich shop in Walsgrave Road at 10.15am, while his wife Sonia was in the front of the shop. Wyatt, 21, of no fixed address, who acted as get-away driver for one of the robberies, was jailed for five years.Īlso in the dock was 25-year-old Hollie Richings, also of Second Avenue, who was sentenced to six months in prison suspended for 12 months and ordered to do 80 hours of unpaid work after she pleaded guilty to handling jewellery stolen in one of the raids. ![]() ![]() Negrobar, also 24 and of no fixed address, who was also classed as a dangerous offender, was jailed for four-and-a-half years with an additional two years on licence – consecutive to a seven-and-a-half-year term he is already serving for wounding with intent.īoth men will have to serve two-thirds of their sentences before the Parole Board will even consider whether it is safe to release them – and once freed they will be on licence for the rest of the custodial terms and for the extended two-year period. Richings, 24, of Second Avenue, Copsewood, Coventry, was jailed for eight years, with a further two years on licence, after being classed as a dangerous offender by Judge Anthony Potter. He took part in the armed robberies across Coventry to get money to help out his brother who was being threatened after a debt.Īnd at Warwick Crown Court he and Ervin Negrobar pleaded guilty to conspiracy to rob, while Leon Wyatt admitted taking part in one of the robberies.Īmong the places they targeted was a Subway sandwich shop and convenience stores. A violent Coventry gang carried out terrifying armed robberies at shops in the city armed with a gun and knives.Īmong them was Reegan Richings, who had only been freed on licence from a prison sentence a few weeks earlier, and was identified by a watch he had been wearing during the raids.
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