An armed attempt robber targeted a van with two men inside - but one of them bravely put up a fight. Offender William Robinson was a passenger in a car seen on CCTV following the van before it stopped at a local shop.
Robinson, partially disguised, got out and walked along the pavement before he returned. Recorder Stuart Sprawson, who jailed Robinson, told him he was satisfied he had deliberately targeted the men and van as a potential target for robbery.
After the men returned to their hired white Transit van - Robinson's driver followed them to a cul-de-sac, Nottingham Crown Court heard on Thursday (December 22). "Whoever was driving that vehicle and whoever was involved jointly with you in the enterprise, used the car to block the van's exit," said the judge.
