Buzzin Disgrace

Two men were jailed yesterday after being captured on a trains CCTV camera, viciously attacking a commuter and trying to steal his laptop.

The innocent victim, a 46-year-old IT manager, was on the Poole to London train, and had put his laptop in the overhead luggage compartment.

Four men entered the carriage, two of them now known to be GAVIN HORWOOD, 20,from Bournemouth and LEWIS ANDERSON, 21, from Poole, Dorset.

DC Philip James said in court,

“The two protagonists were clearly identified on the CTTV as being Horwood and Anderson.

The CCTV showed Horwood enter the carriage and attempt to conceal himself by pulling on his hooded top, while Anderson was caught nodding towards the direction of the on-board cameras, almost as if he was aware he was being filmed.”

Horwood tried to snatch the laptop bag from the carriage above the victim’s head but failed on the first attempt, and the gang left the carriage only to return moments later.

The DC added,

“Again Horwood’s hand was seen attempting to grab the handle of the bag from the overhead luggage rack and this time the victim saw what was happening and stood up to see what was going on.

Horwood and Anderson then began attacking the victim, while the other two males looked on.

The victim, an IT manager, suffered a prolonged and vicious attack involving some 12 punches and 7 kicks, mostly towards the head and upper body.

Horwood grabbed the bag and then attempted to escape via the adjacent carriage when the train pulled into Branksome.”

A train guard apparently heard a commotion in the carriage and blocked the thugs escape root, retrieving the stolen bag from them.

The gang were caught and arrested three weeks later but two of them were released without charge.  That would be the two that stood and watched that poor innocent man being attacked I presume, why is that not an offence?

The victim was left suffering injuries to his ribs and stomach and had a cut to his ear in the savage beating that took place on November 14 2007.

Yesterday, GAVIN HARWOOD, who was on license at the time of the attack, and was unemployed, pleaded guilty to robbery and sentenced to a pathetic 32 months in jail which won’t begin until December 2009, when he finished his other sentence, Unbelievable, proves that’s working doesn’t it.

LEWIS ANDERSON, also unemployed, was found guilty of robbery and was jailed for 3 years.

Pathetic sentences given for robbery, but what about the vicious attack they inflicted on that poor man, surely that was actual bodily harm, they could have killed him, how can they get away with it!

All four of those yobs should have been charged, decent people wouldn’t just look-on while their friends physically attacked an innocent person!