‘A TERRIFYING ORDEAL FOR THE VICTIM’
34-year jail term for robbers welcomed Dave
DETECTIVES have welcomed the prison sentences handed out to three monkey dust-fuelled robbers who poured petrol on a woman – and then threatened to set her on fire.
As reported by The Sentinel, Hayley Bartlett, Shane Salmon and Roxanne Gallagher were jailed for a total of 34 years following the incident in Cobridge.
Now Staffordshire Police have issued the latest mugshots of the trio sentenced at Stoke-on-trent Crown Court. The court heard how the victim opened the door to her Waterloo Road flat at 1.25am on May 26 – expecting to see her boyfriend. Instead, she was greeted by a masked man who asked for her partner.
After saying he wasn’t there a group of five masked individuals – including Bartlett, Salmon and Gallagher – forced their way inside.
The court was told how they attacked her – with one forcing a rag in her mouth before pouring petrol over her. Gallagher, aged 35, shouted ‘get a lighter’ – with the victim fearing she’d be set on fire and killed. She suffered five facial fractures and has moved away. The motive of the attack is not known. During the incident, a laptop, two iphones, a designer purse,
two necklaces, a watch and the victim’s car keys were stolen.
Meanwhile on May 27, couple Bartlett, aged 30, and Salmon, aged 26, stole a woman’s car at knifepoint. They were arrested later that day on the M6 and charged.
Salmon, from Coventry, was sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment for two counts of robbery.
Bartlett, who has also moved to Coventry, was jailed for 11 years for robbery, possessing monkey dust, and possessing a weapon for the discharge of a noxious gas/liquid.
Gallagher, of Sefton Road, Normacot, was sentenced to 11 years’ imprisonment for robbery.
Sentencing, Judge Graeme Smith told the defendants: “The only explanation that has been offered is that you were all taking drugs.”
Following the case, Detective Inspector Andy Bryan said: “I would like to thank all those involved in the conviction of Salmon, Bartlett and Gallagher. It was a terrifying ordeal for the victim. These sentences reflect the seriousness with which these offences are taken.”