Second violent pawnshop robber sentenced in Brantford court

A 19-year-old who was part of the bloody robbery of the Downtown Pawnbrokers last year was denied the five-year sentence suggested by his defence lawyer.Rich R. Myers was just 18 when he participated in the onslaught of violence at the Colborne Street business in Brantford where masked men using stolen vehicles descended on the store, viciously beating and shooting the owner and an employee in an attempt to get the code for the store safe.Myers led the way into the store, inquiring about iPhone