Would-be robber is jailed for 'frenzied' knife attack at shop in Grimsby
A VIOLENT knife attacker who viciously stabbed a shop worker during a terrifying drug-crazed raid has been jailed for six years.
The menacing would-be robber repeatedly plunged the knife into the helpless victim's arm so quickly that he at first did not even realise he had been stabbed, a court heard.
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Daniel Thompson: His only explanation for the attempted robbery was that he had been taking cocaine the night before and during the morning.
Daniel Thompson, 27, of Sutcliffe Avenue, Nunsthorpe estate, Grimsby, admitted attempted robbery and possessing a kitchen knife as an offensive weapon on July 24.
Jeremy Evans, prosecuting, told Grimsby Crown Court that Thompson pulled out a knife and jabbed it several times at a shop assistant in an "extremely fast-moving incident that was over in a matter of seconds".
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The first that the 34-year-old man, who was working at Cartergate News, Grimsby, knew about the attack was when he felt a sharp pain in his arm. He suffered four puncture stab wounds on his upper arm and later needed 12 stitches.
Thompson did not say anything – and did not steal anything – but seemed angry.
He ran out of the shop shortly after 10.30am, but later handed himself in at the police station at about 1pm and told officers he had committed a "knifepoint robbery".
He told police he had thrown the knife away on waste ground in Littlefield Lane and it was later recovered from there. He expressed remorse immediately and tested positively for cocaine.
Andrew Bailey, mitigating, said Thompson acted entirely out of character and had no previous convictions for violence, apart from a caution for a public order matter.
He had been out of trouble for about ten years after turning his back on bad associates at the age of 17. His only explanation for the attempted robbery was that he had been taking cocaine the night before and during the morning.
"Shop owners should not have to put up with this sort of thing and being frightened," said Mr Bailey. "It was unsophisticated and he wore no disguise."
Thompson had shown genuine remorse and had said: "No words can say how sorry I am."
Judge David Tremberg condemned the premeditated "irrational and frenzied attack" in which Thompson repeatedly stabbed the victim's upper arm.
"It's a matter of pure good fortune that, in your state and using a knife like this on the complainant, it didn't result in grave or possibly even fatal injury to your unfortunate victim," he said.
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by Cherry90
Friday, April 12 2013, 10:32PM
“Is he gettin defense? have i clearly stated that he deserves to be punished? ... Computer warriors with nothing better to do springs to mind.”
by Umakemesick2
Friday, April 12 2013, 10:27PM
“Omg u all wonna hear ur selves none of u know this lad he made a stupid mistake one which he is payin 4,the police won't lookin 4 his he handed him self in coz he knew he had done wrong and as 4 his one child not 3 he or she is more than likely 2 read this sick ur writing at the end of the day he is that child's father not sum scumbag as u call him u all wonna take a look in the mirror coz I'm sure u all dun sum thing wrong b4 in ur life and as 4 sponger of u tax payers I'm a tax payer how many of u really are”
by Saw-Doctor
Friday, April 12 2013, 9:51PM
“Hope he gets stabbed (with a pork sword) a few times when he is in the showers. How anyone can defend his actions is beyond belief, he is pure scum and an oxygen thief.”
by Cherry90
Friday, April 12 2013, 9:23PM
“in regards to commiting no crime since he was 17 doesnt mean he was never caught it could mean he did actually turn his life around and ended up back off track. everybody's quick to judge. at the end of the day yes he did do a very wrong thing and does deserve to be punished im not going to dispute that but to say he should be hung he has 1 child (not 3 like it was stated - they're not his proper children) who is suffering from all this and yes i agree he didnt have his kid at the top of his priority list but he is paying the price for that now. he wasnt an 'addict' as some have described him to be he was like a majority of other people in grimsby who used drugs casually. I do sympathise with the victim because like someone previously said he was working, providing for his family not expecting to be attacked in the way that he did. Just consider the fact that when his kid is old enough the chances are he/she will read this and it will be bad enough knowing what the father did never mind reading comments such as "he should be hung" and things. its well and truely out of order. do any of you even know this man?”
by l--driver
Monday, March 11 2013, 11:04PM
“Are you his brother? sounds like you are no better with those comments. short answer PATHETIC”
by Montgomery
Monday, March 04 2013, 6:27PM
“The only way the government can stop all this drug crime is to execute the dealers and the addicts, end of story”
by onetwothree
Monday, March 04 2013, 2:41PM
“It makes me laugh, people moan about people from other countries coming over here and 'taking all our jobs'. The innocent victim in this was at work - earning a living so as not to sponge off our government. Where -as that scumbag who has no job - yet can afford his drugs attacks an innocent man for no apparent reason. This country is in a total mess - and our government is funding the scumbags' lifestyles. Where's the sense in that?”
by seadog
Monday, March 04 2013, 1:47PM
“dormantfan you just scum like him”
by Saudi
Monday, March 04 2013, 12:38PM
“@nietzche
I think your being very unfair on a sewer rat, they have a much higher standard of living and more morales than this waste of skin and clothes.”
by THEAPPLE
Monday, March 04 2013, 12:02PM
“loony”