{"id":94330,"date":"2018-07-25T14:29:46","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T14:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=80c519a5574f184f5cb6e4de2775049d"},"modified":"2018-07-25T14:29:46","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T14:29:46","slug":"press-release-meat-cleaver-wielding-somerset-shoplifter-ordered-into-immediate-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=94330","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Meat cleaver wielding Somerset shoplifter ordered into immediate custody"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A man who robbed a convenience store with a meat cleaver to pay for his drug habit has had his sentence increased after the Attorney General\u2019s Office referred it to the Court of Appeal for being too low.<\/p>\n

On 8 February 2018, Stephen Brennan, 32, entered a convenience store in Yeovil with a meat cleaver. He placed the cleaver on the counter and demanded the female cashier give him money. Although Brennan wore a hood, the cashier recognised him by his accent as someone who had been banned from the premises, and told him to leave.<\/p>\n

Eventually Brennan did exit the store, taking three bottles of wine on his way out. Although the financial loss to the store was minimal, the crime has had a lasting effect on the cashier.<\/p>\n

Brennan was originally sentenced at Taunton Crown Court in May, where he was given a 3 year Community Order, drug rehabilitation requirements, and a restraining order from the convenience store. Today, after the hearing, the Court of Appeal increased his sentence to 3 years 6 months\u2019 imprisonment and imposed a victim surcharge.<\/p>\n

Speaking after the hearing, Attorney General Geoffrey Cox QC MP said:<\/p>\n

\u201cIn order to pay for his addictions, Brennan subjected a woman to a traumatic experience which has had a lasting effect on both her work and home life. I am now satisfied that justice has been done thanks to the Court of Appeal\u2019s decision today.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stephen Brennan’s sentence is increased to 3 years 6 months\u2019 imprisonment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94330"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=94330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94330\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}