A robber who brutally attacked a bystander with a metal pole during a post office raid has been jailed for 13 years.
Daniel Carpenter, 36, from Crumlin was sentenced at Newport Crown Court on April 13 after he admitted carrying out two separate robberies and setting fire to a car.
Carpenter hit an innocent bystander over the head with a metal pole and stole more than £900 in cash in an early morning raid on September 9 last year at the Village Shop post office in Crumlin. The man was taken to hospital with a swelling on the top of his head.
Carpenter also pleaded guilty to stealing money and cigarettes from Albion Road service station in Pontypool on November 14 last year and to arson in relation to a car fire on Manmoel Road, Blackwood, the same day.
PC Martyn Newman, from Gwent Police, said: “This investigation was very much a team effort and the hard work and persistence of all those involved has paid off.
“Carpenter took no responsibility for his actions and showed no remorse throughout the investigation. He lied and claimed innocence right up until the morning his trial was due to commence, it was only at the last minute he pleaded guilty.
“The sentence reflects the seriousness of Carpenter’s crimes.”
Gwent Police is continuing to undertake enquiries to identify a second offender involved in the Albion Road filling station robbery, if you think you can assist, please call 101 quoting log 514 14/11/17.
Good, pity he did not have a longer sentence.
It’s disgusting how short our sentence are? Maybe we need to take a leaf out of America’s book and impose much longer sentence to fit the crime. I also like the idea of 3 strikes and your out (a life sentence)