A desperate thug, who dragged a pensioner down the road "like a rag doll", interrupted a judge and asked him to give him the maximum sentence.
David Welsh, 22, appeared via a video link from prison at court on May 4 and made the unusual plea after interrupting his sentencing hearing to apologise for his behaviour.
Liverpool Crown Court heard how Welsh, from Walton, relapsed into drug use after his father was diagnosed with cancer and tried to grab the pensioner's, 81, bag so that he could feed his habit.
