rsherdley published Sherwood Rise robbery trial: Violent mugger jailed for five years

Defiant pensioner Jean Maddock was in court to see the man who robbed her of just £12.50 get sent to prison for five years. Mrs Maddock was thrown around like a rag doll by drug user Carl Thomas who confronted her in her garage and ripped off her handbag. After he was found guilty of the violent mugging after a trial, Mrs Maddock, a part-time volunteer at Nottingham Magistrates' Court's witness support service, said: "I've supported victims of crime. Now I've seen it from the...