Connor Cooper threatened to kill the prone victim
A hammer-wielding burglar barged his way into the home of an 80-year-old pensioner, knocked him to the ground, kicked him to the chest and threatened to kill him during a terrifying break-in. Nottingham Crown Court heard how the victim bravely tried to fight off heavily-convicted Connor Cooper by hitting him with his walking stick as he lay on the ground.
“If she were in the public gallery she would no doubt be sad at what you are doing with your life - throwing it away.“You have written a letter to the court in which you said the reason you did this was to pay a drug debt. On that evening you were wearing a mask and gloves and you chose to pick up a weapon - a hammer - and you knew yourself this was an old man who was living at the address who you thought would not give you any trouble.
“You took a calculated risk so you could get in and out of the property without disturbing him.” Lauren Fisher, prosecuting, said the burglary took place at the pensioner's property in Brandon Close, Balderton, Newark, on the evening of January 28, this year. “He then returned and kicked the man to the chest a second time telling him again not to move or he would kill him but the man hit him as he lay on the ground with his walking stick. The defendant continued to look around for things to steal before smashing his bedroom window and leaving.”
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