Machete-wielding robber tasered in McDonald's and jailed for 13 years

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 21 Oct, 13:32 · Archive

A 19-year-old was tasered by police in a busy McDonald's after threatening robbery and attempting to escape arrest.

Theo Gottshalk, 19, robbed a teenager by threatening to chop off his arm unless he handed over his phone on Woolpack Lane, Nottingham, at around midday on 9 September last year. He fled with the victim's phone, bracelet and chain.

Police launched a manhunt and recognised Gottshalk on a Nottingham bus on 23 October. Officers followed him into McDonald's on Clumber Street, where he violently resisted arrest and attempted to escape. An officer fired a Taser at him, causing a three-foot-long machete to tumble from his trousers. Police also found deal bags of cannabis and matched clothing seized from him to CCTV footage of the robbery.

Appearing at Birmingham Crown Court last Friday, Gottshalk, of Forest Fields, Nottingham, was jailed for 13 years as part of an extended custodial sentence for robbery, possessing a knife in a public place and possession of cannabis with intent to supply. He also admitted two further robberies in Birmingham and possessing a converted blank-firing pistol caught in November 2023.

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• Moment machete-wielding teenage robber is Tasered to the floor by police in a busy McDonald's as he is jailed for 13 yearsPolice bodycam footage captured the moment police were mid-arrest when Theo Gottshalk decided to run away through the crowded McDonald's while carrying the huge bladed weapon.Daily Mail · 21 Oct, 13:19
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