Elderly man punched and pushed to the ground in alleged attempted carjacking

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The man was approached by two masked youths

An elderly man was punched and pushed to the floor in an alleged attempted carjacking in Coventry.

The man in his 80s was getting out of his car when he was reportedly approached by two masked youths.

Police say they demanded the keys before punching him several times and pushing him to the floor.

The incident happened on Grangemouth Road, Radford, on Wednesday morning.

A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: "Police are investigating reports of a carjacking on Grangemouth Road, Coventry at 10.40am today (24 April).

"A man in his 80s was getting out of his car, a grey Peugeot 206, when he was approached by two masked youths demanding the keys. They punched him several times and pushed him to the floor before taking his keys.

"The man’s injuries are not believed to be serious.

"Two boys aged 16 and 18 from were arrested on suspicion of robbery. They remain in police custody."

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According to social media another car was taken from a nearby road just before this attack.

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Masked teenagers attack elderly Sikh man after robbing woman's Mercedes keys at Coventry home

JUST 15 minutes after robbing a woman of her Mercedes car keys on the doorstep of her Coventry home, two masked and hooded teenagers attacked and robbed an elderly Sikh man in the street.

And a judge heard that at the time one of the violent thugs, Samuel Perkins, was on licence from a custodial sentence for his part in the vicious robbery of a shop assistant.

Perkins (18) of Holyhead Road, Coventry, was jailed for six years after pleading guilty at Warwick Crown Court to two charges of robbery.

Prosecutor Charles Crinion said the offences were both committed with a 16-year-old, who cannot be named, who was dealt with in the youth court and given a detention and training order.

The court heard that Perkins had previous convictions including one for his part in a robbery in which an assistant at a grocery store in Radford Road was hit 15 times with a metal pipe, fracturing her jaw, before the raiders escaped with just bars of chocolate, for which he was sentenced to three-and-a-half years.

Perkins, who also had a conviction for an affray while in custody, was on licence from that sentence, imposed in 2015, at the time of his latest offences, added Mr Crinion.

Sentencing Perkins, Judge Anthony Potter said that, for the first victim, seeing the two of them running towards her wearing balaclava masks ‘must have been a most terrifying thing.’

“She managed to gain entry to her property, but you continued to pursue her, and as she shut the front door you took the lead and demanded the keys to her car and were trying to force the door open.

“You continued your demands until she threw you the keys and you then ran away.

“You then went to a street a short distance away and turned your attention to an 81-year-old man.

“I will take account, in sentencing you, of your age – but you gave absolutely no consideration to the age of the man you punched and kicked, even doing that while he was on the ground. That should make you thoroughly ashamed.

“You have three sets of convictions, all of which involve the use or threat of violence, and you were on licence at the time you committed these offences.

“You have, for one so young, a very concerning record, but it is clear you are a young man with difficulties not of your making.”

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So he was released early despite committing a violent offence while in custody?

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Revealed: The face of teenage carjacker who attacked mum and OAP

Police have released the image of an 18-year-old carjacker who punched and kicked a pensioner during a frightening attack.