Moment shoplifter who faked being a wheelchair user jumps from his chair to assault a security guard as he is jailed for three years
Intro Hook On the evening of June 3, a 19-year-old staged a crime that began with a crash. Davey Brown, of Winch's Garth in Staplehurst, had his car strike a stationary vehicle on Four Elms Road, Edenbridge, before fleeing the scene. He then arrived at Sainsbury's in Station Road, Staplehurst, where he pretended to be a wheelchair user, helped by an accomplice. He hid two crates of beer beneath a jacket on his lap and attempted to leave without paying.
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Confrontation and brutal assault captured on video
Footage shows the moment a security guard confronted him as an unidentified man attempted to wheel him out of the supermarket. The teen, who appears to be hiding two crates of beer beneath a jacket on his lap, suddenly stood up from the wheelchair and began throwing punches and a crate of beer at the security guard. Brown fled the scene after the attack, but was hunted down by police around 30 minutes later. Another shop employee was injured by one of the thrown items during the incident.
From crime to court: charges, plea, and sentence
Brown, 19, of Winch's Garth in Staplehurst, was charged with robbery, affray, two counts of damaging property, common assault, using threatening words and behaviour and using a motor vehicle on a road without insurance. He pleaded guilty at Maidstone Crown Court and was sentenced on Thursday to three years and one month's imprisonment. He was also disqualified from driving.
Accomplice arrested and the teenager’s fate
A 17-year-old boy was also arrested and charged in connection to the incident and was sentenced on 12 July to serve six months' imprisonment in a young offenders' institute.
Investigation and the officer’s statement
Investigating officer, PC Ricky Strong, said: 'Brown is a violent man who endangered another motorist, attacked a security guard and their colleague, and made threats to attending police officers. 'He left a man with injuries requiring hospital treatment for simply carrying out his job. 'A custodial sentence means Brown will be unable to put any other members of the public at risk for some time.'
