Knife-point thug 'terrified' female motorist in Longton robbery
A ROBBER traumatised a lone female driver by climbing into her car and threatening her with a knife as she waited at traffic lights.
Cy Podmore was today beginning an eight year jail sentence after he terrified nurse Kerry Martin by robbing her at knife-point.
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JAILED: Cy Podmore.
The victim's horrific ordeal began when Podmore approached Miss Martin's Honda Civic at the junction of King Street and Wood Street, Longton, and got in.
Despite her remonstrations he sat in the passenger seat before demanding cash.
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Miss Martin, who was driving home from work, noticed the intruder was holding a knife and became increasingly concerned for her safety.
"I was scared and distressed," the petrified motorist said.
Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard Miss Martin handed the robber a plastic wallet containing about £30 cash, which was a collection for a colleague.
She said: "He said he just wanted some money. I said I did not have any and asked him to leave me alone.
"I then remembered I had the money in the bag so I went in the bag to pick that out.
"I looked across and saw he had got a knife pointing at me.
"I handed him my bag. I said, 'There is money in there, just take the bag and leave me alone'.
"He did not want to take the bag, he just wanted the money."
Miss Martin said the wallet was broken and the cash had fallen out. But she collected it and put it back in the wallet and gave it the robber.
She pleaded with him to leave her alone.
"I said, 'Can you leave me alone? You have got the money'," said Miss Martin, who sped off when she realised he had gone.
Miss Martin went straight to Longton police station following the robbery near The Crown Hotel at 10.10pm on Friday, August 31.
Podmore, aged 37, of St Mary's Road, Longton, was arrested about a week later, on September 7.
He was picked out by Miss Martin at an identification procedure the same day. She told the court she was '100 per cent certain' it was him.
Podmore denied robbery, saying he was at home with his partner, Joan Fenton. He said Miss Martin was mistaken in identifying him and suggested she may have recognised him from pictures on Facebook – a claim Miss Martin described as 'ludicrous'.
But Podmore was convicted by a jury yesterday. He was also dealt with for burglary and criminal damage which he admitted at an earlier hearing. The burglary happened the day before the robbery and a multi-tool with a knife containing Podmore's DNA was found in the kitchen and a kitchen knife was left in the victim's first floor bedroom.
Anis Ali, mitigating, said the robbery lacked premeditation, it was short-lived and no injury was caused – but added that Podmore recognises the anxiety and trauma he caused.
Jailing Podmore for eight years, Judge Granville Styler said: "You produced a knife, which terrified this young woman.
"She had to have two weeks off work as a result.
"You got in her car, which made it very much more frightening for the victim."
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by Backdoored
Saturday, March 02 2013, 8:03PM
“No worries.”
by simonminor
Saturday, March 02 2013, 6:50PM
“oops so ya did Sorry”
by Backdoored
Wednesday, February 20 2013, 4:01PM
“by simonminor
"@backdoored,that child is not her son,its her sons,im her nephew unfortanately... " -unquote.
I never said that the he was the father of the child. Read again my comment.
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by simonminor
Wednesday, February 20 2013, 1:23PM
“@backdoored,that child is not her son,its her sons,im her nephew unfortanately and b4 this she was told time n time again about him,specially when he went jail b4 for for the hammer attack on a shopkeeper and leaving needles,she's as bad as him,her answer was but i Love him?? what more than ya grandson??,ive been no angel but notice how it was woman he attacked?? he would not dare do it to a bloke the ****bag,but lets see if she waits for him and keeps been this great grandma she keeps telling every-one she is,pppppfffffttt.Good ridens to **** i say cause even when they were together alls they did is fight infront of the kid,and i dont mean argue.”
by Backdoored
Saturday, February 16 2013, 1:47PM
“Just as a matter of interest.... re sentencing.
There was another case heard at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court over the past 9 days -in Court One. It concerned two Russians -the Trial transferred from Stafford -the offences having been committed in Rugeley.
Briefly, the two Russian nationals -neither spoke any English, were in the dock facing Aggravated Rape charges, accompanied by serious violence on both the female victim -and a male, the latter knocked unconscious prior to the rape taking place... both also threatened with death if they refused to cooperate or talk to the police -'drowning in the river' -being just one of those threats. The rape was videoed and including various forced acts of oral sex -the victim was traumatised -and finally escaped the house -running out naked into the street, terrified, leaving her four year old son asleep in another bedroom -hoping in her terrorised state that nothing would happen before the police arrived.
The Jury found them guilty and the Judge passed sentence immediately -10 years for the older main offender and 8 years for his nephew.
Only three years more than what Podmore got. The Russians are coming.”
by hasod
Friday, February 15 2013, 3:07PM
“Do we have to keep this sort in luxury , Sorely there are a few uninhabited islands off Scotland. Perhaps a penal colony wouldn't go a miss. If they didn't work they would die . Perfect solution to this scum thats costing billions . Just think of the money to keep these sort we would be able to use to give to our old age folk . Another problem is this sort are breeding , so they are mutiplying x 2 or x 3 ..”
by Backdoored
Friday, February 15 2013, 2:05PM
“by stokeandvaleFriday, February 15 2013, 12:32PM
"Just a thought here folks, will its girlfreind now be charged with Perjury?" -Unquote.
I think her small child must have been taken in as 'mitigation' -understandably so I think. And maybe that's why the Judge 'was on the ball' re sentencing....? He took that point into consideration -thinking of the child and the taxpayers. Costs an absolute fortune to put another person in prison -and possibly the child in care -and the child is innocent... truamatised by losing its mother.
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by Backdoored
Friday, February 15 2013, 2:00PM
“by Ron DePlumeFriday, February 15 2013, 10:03AM
"And again from this comes a safety point worth reiterating from the Police, ALWAYS lock your car doors when driving." -Unquote.
Just like the Taxi Drivers do when it's time to pay at the end of the journey. Locked in or out -prevention is better than cure....
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by stokeandvale
Friday, February 15 2013, 12:32PM
“Just a thought here folks, will its girlfreind now be charged with Perjury?”
by Ron DePlume
Friday, February 15 2013, 10:03AM
“And again from this comes a safety point worth reiterating from the Police, ALWAYS lock your car doors when driving.”