Dramatic Video Shows Thief Dragging 80-Year-Old Man Along Road
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<p>CCTV caught the moment mugger dragged an 80-year-old along the road as he tried to stop him stealing his wife's handbag</p>
<p>A mugger who was caught on camera dragging an 80-year-old grandfather along the street with his getaway van before leaving him for dead at the roadside has been jailed for two years. </p>
<p>Footage shows Anthony Davies, 38, running down Higher Market Street in Bolton, Greater Manchester, on March 18, 2019, and jumping into his van after stealing 60-year-old Maria Stewart's handbag. </p>
<p>Mrs Stewart's husband, Frank, then runs down the street after Davies and opens the van's passenger door to try and get his wife's handbag back.</p>
<p>Mr Stewart then seems to start arguing with Davies as Mrs Stewart walks up to the van. </p>
<p>Davies then slams down the accelerator sending the van shooting off, while Mr Stewart is desperately clinging on to the open door. </p>
<p>Mrs Stewart is knocked to the ground and is unable to get up for a few moments while her husband is being dragged down the street.</p>
<p>He is thrown on to the road a short distance further, hitting his head. </p>
<p>Mrs Stewart suffered a fractured elbow while Mr Stewart lost consciousness for a short time, suffering cuts to his head and hand.</p>
<p>A scab from the wound on Mr Stewart's head was also found to be cancerous, and he now has to use a walking stick and electric scooter, Bolton Crown Court heard.</p>
<p>Davies has been sentenced to two years in prison after he admitted dangerous driving, theft and two counts causing actual bodily harm.</p>
<p>In a victim statement readout in court Mr Stewart said: 'I still struggle with sleep at night, I often see Maria, my wife, helpless on the floor.</p>
<p>'This makes me feel sad to be like that and I feel like something has been taken away from my life.'</p>
<p>He told how he he was too scared to go out on his own following the mugging, which took place just after 1am on March 18, 2019.</p>
<p>Mrs Stewart told the court in a statement: 'I can't explain the panic I felt seeing Frank just lying there unconscious and not moving.</p>
<p>'I thought he was dead. I remember screaming out as I sat on the pavement. That image of Frank will stay with me for the rest of my life.'</p>
<p>Davies removed his high visibility jacket and returned to the scene where police were still with his elderly victims to try and cover his tracks.</p>
<p>He even handed back the handbag he had stolen and claiming he'd found it in the road after seeing it thrown out a passing van</p>
<p>A pouch of tobacco, her cigarette case and glasses were still missing, the court heard.</p>
<p>Three days after the mugging, he then told his boss that a passenger he had given a lift to had jumped from the van but he did not see what happened.</p>
<p>A text to his boss read: 'None of this was my fault - it was a passenger I gave a lift to.'</p>
<p>Davies also told the police that he had loaned the van to someone in the pub, claiming that the accusation was a case of mistaken identity.</p>
<p>Andrew Mackintosh, prosecuting, told the court how the couple were walking along the street when Davies' van pulled up beside them.</p>
<p>At first Davies ran down a side street to urinate in a doorway.</p>
<p>Mr MacKintosh said: 'The man then turned and said, ''sorry I didn't see you there'' and Mr Stewart replied saying not to worry and he had been there.'</p>
<p>The couple continued walking until a few seconds later, when Mrs Stewart felt her handbag being ripped from her shoulder and saw the man running to his van with it.</p>
<p>Four days after the attack, Davies was arrested. The van, which belonged to a man Davies worked for as a delivery driver, was traced.</p>
<p>Police officers found clothing he had been wearing the night of the theft, as well as a holdall containing £20,000.</p>
<p>He admitted drug dealing and was jailed for 32 months, but had previously denied injuring the elderly couple. </p>
<p>A mugger who was caught on camera dragging an 80-year-old grandfather along the street with his getaway van before leaving him for dead at the roadside has been jailed for two years. </p>
<p>Footage shows Anthony Davies, 38, running down Higher Market Street in Bolton, Greater Manchester, on March 18, 2019, and jumping into his van after stealing 60-year-old Maria Stewart's handbag. </p>
<p>Mrs Stewart's husband, Frank, then runs down the street after Davies and opens the van's passenger door to try and get his wife's handbag back.</p>
<p>Mr Stewart then seems to start arguing with Davies as Mrs Stewart walks up to the van. </p>
<p>Davies then slams down the accelerator sending the van shooting off, while Mr Stewart is desperately clinging on to the open door. </p>
<p>Mrs Stewart is knocked to the ground and is unable to get up for a few moments while her husband is being dragged down the street.</p>
<p>He is thrown on to the road a short distance further, hitting his head. </p>
<p>Mrs Stewart suffered a fractured elbow while Mr Stewart lost consciousness for a short time, suffering cuts to his head and hand.</p>
<p>A scab from the wound on Mr Stewart's head was also found to be cancerous, and he now has to use a walking stick and electric scooter, Bolton Crown Court heard.</p>
<p>Davies has been sentenced to two years in prison after he admitted dangerous driving, theft and two counts causing actual bodily harm.</p>
<p>In a victim statement readout in court Mr Stewart said: 'I still struggle with sleep at night, I often see Maria, my wife, helpless on the floor.</p>
<p>'This makes me feel sad to be like that and I feel like something has been taken away from my life.'</p>
<p>He told how he he was too scared to go out on his own following the mugging, which took place just after 1am on March 18, 2019.</p>
<p>Mrs Stewart told the court in a statement: 'I can't explain the panic I felt seeing Frank just lying there unconscious and not moving.</p>
<p>'I thought he was dead. I remember screaming out as I sat on the pavement. That image of Frank will stay with me for the rest of my life.'</p>
<p>Davies removed his high visibility jacket and returned to the scene where police were still with his elderly victims to try and cover his tracks.</p>
<p>He even handed back the handbag he had stolen and claiming he'd found it in the road after seeing it thrown out a passing van</p>
<p>A pouch of tobacco, her cigarette case and glasses were still missing, the court heard.</p>
<p>Three days after the mugging, he then told his boss that a passenger he had given a lift to had jumped from the van but he did not see what happened.</p>
<p>A text to his boss read: 'None of this was my fault - it was a passenger I gave a lift to.'</p>
<p>Davies also told the police that he had loaned the van to someone in the pub, claiming that the accusation was a case of mistaken identity.</p>
<p>Andrew Mackintosh, prosecuting, told the court how the couple were walking along the street when Davies' van pulled up beside them.</p>
<p>At first Davies ran down a side street to urinate in a doorway.</p>
<p>Mr MacKintosh said: 'The man then turned and said, ''sorry I didn't see you there'' and Mr Stewart replied saying not to worry and he had been there.'</p>
<p>The couple continued walking until a few seconds later, when Mrs Stewart felt her handbag being ripped from her shoulder and saw the man running to his van with it.</p>
<p>Four days after the attack, Davies was arrested. The van, which belonged to a man Davies worked for as a delivery driver, was traced.</p>
<p>Police officers found clothing he had been wearing the night of the theft, as well as a holdall containing £20,000.</p>
<p>He admitted drug dealing and was jailed for 32 months, but had previously denied injuring the elderly couple. </p>
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