Stroud E-Bike Sale Ends in Robbery at Knife Point Tuesday, March 10, 2026 stroud robbery e-bike knife youth police bussage theft bisley investigation A 17-year-old boy was robbed at knifepoint after arranging to meet a supposed buyer for his e-bike near Stroud. The victim had agreed to sell the bike to another teenage boy at a layby close to Alder Way in the Tanglewood Way … Read More
CCTV Captures Moment Lydney Shopkeeper Feared for His Life During Armed Robbery Sunday, January 18, 2026 robbery armed knife shopkeeper lydney gloucestershire trauma sentencing police court A shopkeeper from the Forest of Dean has bravely spoken out after a terrifying armed robbery left him fearing for his life. On Sunday, October 26 last year, Eksteen De Villiers entered a convenience store near Lydney with his … Read More
Shopkeeper Uses Walking Stick to Fend Off Knife-Wielding Robber Friday, January 16, 2026 robbery knife assault sentencing forestofdean shopkeeper crime victim police justice A 27-year-old man, Eksteen De Villiers, has been sentenced to five years in prison after attempting to rob a Forest of Dean shopkeeper at knifepoint. De Villiers, who has no fixed address, pleaded guilty to robbery and … Read More
Shopkeeper Defends Himself Against Knife-Wielding Robber Using Walking Stick Friday, January 16, 2026 robbery knife shopkeeper selfdefense forestofdean crime sentencing cctv trauma law A 27-year-old man, Eksteen De Villiers, has been sentenced to five years in prison after attempting to rob a shopkeeper at knifepoint in the Forest of Dean. The incident occurred on October 26, 2025, at a convenience store … Read More
Cheltenham Man Sentenced to Nearly Eight Years for Armed Robberies Wednesday, January 14, 2026 robbery cheltenham sentencing armed violence knife mentalhealth crime court prison A Cheltenham man, Robert Hall, 37, has been sentenced to nearly eight years in prison after admitting to two armed robberies committed in Cheltenham last year, one involving a knife. On September 25, 2025, Hall threatened a … Read More
Man Threatened with Knife and Robbed on Christmas Eve Monday, October 13, 2025 robbery assault christmas knife crime theft violence victim investigation undergrowth On Christmas Eve, a man was threatened with a knife and forcibly taken into the undergrowth, where he was robbed of his belongings. The incident left the community shaken as the victim endured a traumatic experience on what …