Dear Resident

Louis Barnett, formerly of Plowden Road, Birmingham, has been sentenced to prison following a robbery in Kingsbury earlier this year..

At around 4.10am on 5 March, 32-year-old Barnett and another man broke a house on Mill Crescent, where he threatened one of the occupants for his car keys and assaulted him.

The keys were stolen, and Barnett and his accomplice then attempted to steal two vehicles from the driveway. Unfortunately for them, both vehicles had steering locks on and having been disturbed by a neighbour, they made off from the property with only the keys.

Two days later, Barnett was arrested at Birmingham airport while waiting to go on holiday.

Last week, he was sentenced to six years' and nine months’ imprisonment.

Investigating officer, Detective Constable Christopher Lynch from Nuneaton CID, said: “This robbery was an understandably distressing incident for the victims, who were put through a terrifying ordeal in their own home.

"I would like to express my thanks to them both as they have displayed immense courage throughout the investigation, and I hope this sentence will help to provide them with some sense of closure.

“On the day he was arrested, Barnett was intending on going on holiday. Instead, he’ll now be having an extended stay in prison.”