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Two violent robbers who attacked a man with bricks and a paving slab,
leaving him in a coma for days, have been jailed.
Mohammed Ali and Umair Anys set on their victim, as he walked in Watery
Lane in Caldmore, Walsall, at about 10.45pm on 18 June, 2020.
They knocked him to the ground where they kicked and punched him numerous
times, and despite his pleas for them to stop, they went through his
pockets and stole his phone, some keys and £3 cash.
During the brutal attack their victim, who’s in his 30s and has learning
disabilities, was also hit with bricks and a paving slab, knocking him
unconscious.
He was in a coma in hospital for three days and despite since being able to
return home, he’s been left scared to go out, and now needs extra support
on a daily basis.
We trawled CCTV and spoke to witnesses as we worked to establish who the
attackers were and within a week we’d arrested Anys, who was aged 17 at the
time of the attack.
In August 2020 we issued a wanted appeal asking the public to help us find
Ali, and four months later we tracked him down to Newquay in Cornwall where
officers arrested him on 9 December.
Ali, aged 27, of Brace Street, Walsall and Anys, now 19, of Thorpe Road,
Walsall, both denied the robbery, but after a 10-day trial at Wolverhampton
Crown Court they were convicted on 25 February this year.
A third man was cleared of the charge.
At a sentencing hearing on Friday, 21 October, Ali was jailed for 14 years
and Anys to nine years and six months.
PC Jodie Allen of Walsall CID, said: “Ali and Anys carried out a sickening
attack on a helpless man for the sake of a phone and few pounds.
“They ignored his cries for help and their vicious attack has left him and
his family with scars that will never heal.
“We can’t accept violence like this on our streets and we will always
pursue those who commit such awful crimes.”
Two violent robbers who attacked a man with bricks and a paving slab,
leaving him in a coma for days, have been jailed.
Mohammed Ali and Umair Anys set on their victim, as he walked in Watery
Lane in Caldmore, Walsall, at about 10.45pm on 18 June, 2020.
They knocked him to the ground where they kicked and punched him numerous
times, and despite his pleas for them to stop, they went through his
pockets and stole his phone, some keys and £3 cash.
During the brutal attack their victim, who’s in his 30s and has learning
disabilities, was also hit with bricks and a paving slab, knocking him
unconscious.
He was in a coma in hospital for three days and despite since being able to
return home, he’s been left scared to go out, and now needs extra support
on a daily basis.
We trawled CCTV and spoke to witnesses as we worked to establish who the
attackers were and within a week we’d arrested Anys, who was aged 17 at the
time of the attack.
In August 2020 we issued a wanted appeal asking the public to help us find
Ali, and four months later we tracked him down to Newquay in Cornwall where
officers arrested him on 9 December.
Ali, aged 27, of Brace Street, Walsall and Anys, now 19, of Thorpe Road,
Walsall, both denied the robbery, but after a 10-day trial at Wolverhampton
Crown Court they were convicted on 25 February this year.
A third man was cleared of the charge.
At a sentencing hearing on Friday, 21 October, Ali was jailed for 14 years
and Anys to nine years and six months.
PC Jodie Allen of Walsall CID, said: “Ali and Anys carried out a sickening
attack on a helpless man for the sake of a phone and few pounds.
“They ignored his cries for help and their vicious attack has left him and
his family with scars that will never heal.
“We can’t accept violence like this on our streets and we will always
pursue those who commit such awful crimes.”
