Two 'dangerous thieves' jailed after car stolen at knifepoint in Wombourne
Two men have been jailed for a combined total of 10 years after a car was stolen at knifepoint in South Staffordshire.
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Dylan Maskery Hurd and Callum Talbot were riding on a moped on September 11 last year when they spotted a man getting out of a Volkswagen Golf R on Brooke Road in Wombourne, near Wolverhampton.
One of them armed with a knife, they launched an attack on the victim after demanding his car keys and took them from his pocket.
The man was not seriously injured, Staffordshire Police said.
Officers found the car abandoned on a car park off Terrace Street in Brierley Hill and then identified suspects with the help of CCTV footage.
Maskery Hurd and Talbot were both charged and eventually pleaded guilty to robbery. The pair were sentenced at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court on Friday (March 21).
Talbot, aged 23 and of Featherstone, was jailed for six years, while Maskery Hurd, aged 19 and of Abbey Hulton, Stoke-on-Trent, was sentenced to four years in prison.
Detective Sergeant Marc Proctor, from the Staffordshire Police City Proactive Team, said: “Two dangerous thieves have been taken off our streets after we launched an investigation into this robbery.
“Dedicated officers are working hard every day across Staffordshire to robustly target those blighting local communities and this is another example of that.”
