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Somalian teenager who saw dad and grandfather killed admits robbery in Gloucester street Read.

Somalian teenager who saw dad and grandfather killed admits robbery in Gloucester street  Read.
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Mogadishu, August 26.2015—–A Somali teenager whose father and grandfather were killed in front of him in his African homeland admitted robbing a schoolboy in a Gloucester street. Mohammed Bashe, 18, who was brought to the UK by his mum when he was six, was to have stood trial at Gloucester Crown Court on Tuesday on charges of robbing Matthew Beard of his mobile phone. However, at the last moment Bashe, of Burns Avenue, Podsmead, pleaded guilty to robbing Mr Beard on October 3 last year. The judge told the jury, who had already been sworn in: “The defendant is an unusual young man. He is a Somali who came to this country aged six having endured the most hideous life in Somalia – seeing his father and grandfather killed in front of him. He has done fantastically well over here.

“I believe he has passed a number of GCSEs and A-levels and has a place waiting for him at the University of Gloucestershire. “He knows that knifepoint robberies mean you have to go to prison. But no knife was found and the prosecution is now not proceeding on that basis. It seems he was probably holding a set of keys pretending he had a knife.” He asked for pre-sentence reports to be prepared on Bashe. Prosecutor Nick O’Brien read out Mr Beard’s victim impact statement telling of his shock at being mugged in broad daylight. He stated: “The whole incident has scared me. I have never been in such a situation before. I hope he is stopped from doing it again in the near future.” Defence barrister Robert Duvall said Bashe was under no illusion about his possible fate but he asked for an adjournment to allow him to gather testimonials and other evidence to help him argue against immediate jail. Judge Jamie Tabor QC bailed Bashe until September 29.

Source: Gloucester Citizen

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