A thug who robbed an elderly woman in the street has been jailed.
Paul McNeill targeted an 81-year-old woman while she was standing outside a shop on Stoddart Street in the Shieldfield area of Newcastle on the morning of December 6, 2022.
She was waiting for newspaper deliveries when the incident occurred.
Approaching from behind, McNeill, aged 43, seized her shopping bag.
As she clung to the bag, she lost her footing and fell, hitting her head on the pavement.
He then ran off with the bag, which contained some cash, clothing belonging to her sister, and a Christmas card with money inside.
Despite suffering no major physical injuries, the elderly woman was left terrified and reluctant to leave her home after the attack.
Following the report, Northumbria Police began an investigation, releasing a CCTV image of McNeill to the public.
McNeill has more than 100 previous convictions for various crimes.
Recognising him from the image, an officer who previously dealt with him identified him and he was quickly detained.
McNeill, who resides on Wilfred Street in the Byker area, admitted to the robbery.
On Tuesday at Newcastle Crown Court, he was sentenced to nearly five years in prison.
This is a probabilistic continent or country-group signal from public name datasets. It is not proof of nationality, ethnicity or personal background.
Likely region signal
UK
Country
from United Kingdom
- based on first and surname
44.0%
confidence
First-name region
UK
United Kingdom
36.8%
Surname region
UK
United Kingdom
51.1%
Court Outcome
Conviction and Sentencing Details
Sentenced
Detected legal outcome
eill, who resides on Wilfred Street in the Byker area, admitted to the robbery. On Tuesday at Newcastle Crown Court, he was sentenced to nearly five years in prison.
Prison sentence
A thug who robbed an elderly woman in the street has been jailed
Prison sentence
five years
On Tuesday at Newcastle Crown Court, he was sentenced to nearly five years in prison
