Robber tried to snatch motorist's handbag to feed £300-a-day cocaine habit
A robber is back behind bars after trying snatch a £300 handbag off a motorist and smashing up her car in broad daylight.
Neino Scarrett was a passenger in a passing silver Seat that pulled up next to the woman's Nissan in Locarno Road in Tipton on October 10, 2021 at about 10.45am.
The defendant, who was armed with a metal bar, got out and smashed the wing mirror and a side window while swearing and shouting at the owner to hand over her bag which she bravely refused to do.
He blamed a £300-a-day cocaine habit for his criminal actions.
Mr Omar Majid, prosecuting barrister, played camera footage of the incident at the sentencing hearing at Wolverhampton Crown Court sitting at Park Hall on ThursdayHe said: "The defendant reached into her car and grabbed hold of the handbag. While he was trying to take it he was calling her names and saying 'give me the money'.
