Knifepoint robber who 'poses high risk' jailed for terrifying betting shop raids
A dangerous serial robber has been jailed indefinitely for two terrifying knifepoint robberies on betting shops.
Trevor Walker, 37, had only recently been released from a ten-year sentence for armed robbery when he carried out the raids with accomplice Wayne Colley, 40.
The pair robbed William Hill on November 5 last year followed by Coral – both in Hessle Road, west Hull – four days later.
They were armed with a hunting knife and a large kitchen knife, Sheffield Crown Court heard.
Walker had been out of prison for nine months for a gunpoint robbery at a chemist in Patrington.
The court heard how Walker leapt on to the counter at William Hill, menacingly pointing his knife at manager Raymond Hussey.
A total of £833 was stolen.
In the second robbery, both men ran behind the counter of Coral, forced staff into a back room at knifepoint and threatened to "cut" the employees.
In that raid, the men stole just £33 and a staff member's handbag.
A jury took just two hours to unanimously find Walker, of Rensburg Street, east Hull, guilty of both robberies following a five-day trial.
Recorder Henry Prosser handed Walker an indeterminate prison sentence.
He will not be eligible for parole for five years and will not be released until the board decide he no longer poses a danger to the public.
Mr Prosser said: "He poses a high risk of harm to the public."
Colley, of Clyde Street, west Hull, was given a prison sentence of five years and three months.
After the case, Detective Sergeant Phil Gadd said: "A very dangerous man has now been taken off the streets. The sentence reflects the danger he poses."
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by PH, Hull
Sunday, August 29 2010, 1:22PM
“Cowardly, trash.
They should be executed.
I will volunteer to do the job.
And I'll do it for free.”
by anita, Hessle
Sunday, August 29 2010, 10:06AM
“Armed with Guns and Knives ! Thats going out with intent to commit murder !Save us poor tax payers money don't keep these vile creatures in comfy prisons Lethal Injection !”
by winegumdaze, middlesbrough
Saturday, August 28 2010, 3:53PM
“your right james brown when you said" i can make virile men forget their sex " thats why they stole the staff members handbag.......the jail shrink will have to sort that one out....2 old queens acting like young 2 bit punks.”
by Glenroy, Hull
Saturday, August 28 2010, 10:58AM
“Hang em high !”
by James Brown, Atlanta, Georgia
Saturday, August 28 2010, 9:33AM
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I wanna talk to you about one of our most deadly killers in the country today
I had a dream the other night
And I was sittin' in my living room
Just dozed off to sleep
So I started to dreamin'
I dreamed I walked in a place and
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Standin' up talkin' to the people
And I found out it was Heroin
That deadly drug that go in your vein
He said...
I came to this country without a passport
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Use me once and you'll know it, too
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Send a greedy man to prison for the rest of his life
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Make a girl sell her body for a five-dollar bag
Some think my adventure's a joy and a thriller
But I'll put a gun in your hand and make you a killer
In cellophane bags I've found my way
To heads of state, to children at play
I'm financed in China, Ran in Japan
I'm respected in Turkey and I'm legal in Siam
I take my addicts and make 'em steal, borrow, beg
Then they search for a vein in the arm or the leg
So be you Italian, Jewish, Black, or Mex
I can make the most virile of men forget their sex
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Do you think they dare defy me? I, who am king?
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Where I can't get to you by visit or mail
So squirm with discomfort, wiggle and cough
Six days of madness and you might throw me off
Curse me in name, defy me in speech
But you'd pick me up right now if I were in your reach
All through your sentence you've become resolved to your fate
Fear not, young man or woman... I'll be waiting at the gate
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Sure, my name is Heroin and you'll be back for a taste
Behold! You're hooked
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To Hell
Will ride you to Hell until you are dead
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Get your mind together
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