Underground robber jailed for four and a half years
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 21 Oct, 15:38 · Archive
A man who robbed three passengers of mobile phones using knives on the London Underground has been jailed for four and a half years.
Fabian Pawlowski, 22, of The Drive, Banstead, targeted three young men in separate incidents on London Underground trains, using threats and violence to steal their mobile phones. He pleaded guilty to three counts of robbery and two counts of possession of a bladed article at Harrow Crown Court, where he was sentenced to four and a half years.
In the first robbery on 27 April, Pawlowski boarded a Metropolitan Line train at Harrow-on-the-Hill, asked a man to borrow his phone, then punched him in the face when he asked for it back. Three days later, Pawlowski approached another man at the same station, reached into his pocket and threatened him. Fearing he would be stabbed, the victim allowed Pawlowski to take his phone, valued at more than £1,000. On 15 May, on a Jubilee Line train between Canning Town and North Greenwich, Pawlowski became aggressive and pulled out two blades before taking a third man's phone.
Pawlowski was identified through CCTV and intelligence and was arrested by British Transport Police officers at Stratford station on 16 June. Detective Constable Olesia Berdova of BTP described him as 'a serial offender who set out to intimidate his victims, using threatening language as well as a knife to force his victims to hand over their mobile phones'.
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- Phone thief used knives to rob passengers on Jubilee and Metropolitan linesA man who carried out a series of violent robberies on the London Underground has been jailed for four and a half years.This Is Local London · 21 Oct, 14:20
- Phone thief used knives to rob passengers on Jubilee and Metropolitan linesA man who carried out a series of violent robberies on the London Underground has been jailed for four and a half years.News Shopper · 21 Oct, 14:20
In this story: Fabian Pawlowski · Harrow-on-the-Hill · Harrow Crown Court · London Underground · British Transport Police
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