A shoplifter who faked being a wheelchair user so that he could steal beer, before violently assaulting a security guard has been jailed.
Davey Brown, 19, will spend three years behind bars after he brutally launched stolen beer cans at a man who tried to stop him from leaving a Sainsbury’s in Staplehurt on the evening of June 3.
Astonishing footage shows the moment the teenager was confronted by a security guard as an unidentified man tried to wheel him out of the supermarket.
The teen, who appears to be hiding two crates of beer beneath a jacket on his lap, was captured on video suddenly standing up from the wheelchair, before beginning to throw punches and a crate of beer at the security guard.
Brown managed to flee after launching his violent attack, but was hunted down by police around 30 minutes after the incident.
The teenager’s crime spree began when the car he was driving to Sainsbury’s struck a stationary vehicle in Four Elms Road, Edenbridge, before fleeing the scene, according to Kent Police.
He arrived at the supermarket in Station Road a short while later and pretended to be a wheelchair user, assisted by an accomplice.
He then hid two crates of beer beneath a jacket on his lap and attempted to leave without paying.
Davey Brown, 19, who faked being a wheelchair user so that he could steal beer, before violently assaulting a security guard who confronted him, has been jailed
Astonishing footage shows the moment the teenager was stopped by a security guard after an unidentified man tried to wheel him out of the supermarket
The teen is later seen throwing punches and a crate of beer at the security guard
Another shop employee was also injured by one of the thrown items during the incident.
The 19-year-old, of Winch’s Garth in Staplehurst, was later charged with robbery, affray, two counts of damaging property, common assault, using threatening words and behaviour and using a motor vehicle on a road without insurance.
He pleaded guilty at Maidstone Crown Court and was sentenced on Thursday to three years and one month’s imprisonment.
He was also disqualified from driving.
A 17 year old boy was also arrested and charged in connection to the incident and was sentenced on 12 July to serve six months’ imprisonment in a young offenders’ institute.
Investigating officer, PC Ricky Strong, said:
Another shop employee was also injured by one of the thrown items during the incident
Brown managed to flee after launching his violent attack, but was hunted down by police around 30 minutes after the incident
He pleaded guilty at Maidstone Crown Court and was sentenced on Thursday to three years and one month’s imprisonment. Pictured: Brown speaking to police following his arrest
‘Brown is a violent man who endangered another motorist, attacked a security guard and their colleague, and made threats to attending police officers.
‘He left a man with injuries requiring hospital treatment for simply carrying out his job.
‘A custodial sentence means Brown will be unable to put any other members of the public at risk for some time.’
