Teen's gun threat at takeaway
Published on 4th September 2008 in News
A tearaway teenager has been warned with jail after terrifying Goole pizza shop staff with an imitation Glock 8mm handgun in a robbery.
Armed police marksmen arrested Brendon Davies (18) after he fled during a bungled raid on Amigos Pizzas in Pasture Road in which he produced the blank-firing pistol from his waist and threatened staff.
Davies, who has little previous criminal record, was nailed after he was spotted on the town's CCTV acting suspiciously around 11.40pm on July 2 in the Boothferry Road area near Pasture Road.
He was seen with two other men to place the gun in the waistband of his belt. Davies appeared in the secure dock of Hull Crown Court on Monday, September 1 and formally pleaded guilty to three charges.
Now in custody he admitted a charge of possession of an imitation handgun in a public place, and a separate charge of possession of the gun in connection with an attempted robbery. He also admitted attempted robbery of Pavlin Andreev at Amigos of a Sony PlayStation all in the same raid.
Crown barrister Jeremy Evans did not open details of the case. Davies had entered the shop with two others when four member of staff were present at the time. He began arguing and threatend the staff member to hand over the Sony console. The two people with him quickly dragged him outside. Armed police responded and Davies was arrested before he could escape.
Davies sat mournfully alone, wearing a black shirt and black jeans, after pleading guilty to the three charges in the 10-minute hearing.
He left the talking to his defence barrister John Thackray who said because he was still only 18 the interests of justice would best be served if the courts had a Humberside Probation Service report on his background.
Judge David Tremberg ordered Davies to stand as he told him his case could not go-ahead at this stage. He added: "You have pleaded guilty to serious matters. Your early guilty pleas will be taken into account when you are sentenced and that will take place in September.
"In the meantime, I am going to remanded you in custody so that the courts can have the benefit of a report for the better or the worse. Please don't read any possible outcome into that decision of the final outcome. All options are open, including custody - which is likely to be at the forefront of a sentencing judge's mind in a case like this."
Davies was remanded in custody and led away to cells below court and a waiting prison van.
He will next appear at Hull Crown Court for sentence on September 26.