Kingston Crown Court heard today the men, both from Chessington, committed the crimes last January to fuel their drug habits.
David Mortimer, 25, of Newlands Way, saw a potential eight-year jail sentence reduced to five after he admitted committing three robberies around Surbiton and Tolworth, including two while carrying a knife. Rafal Ochenowsi, 30, of Rollesby Road, was convicted of a single robbery after a trial last week, and was jailed for three years.
Mortimer, who has been in prison since his arrest last January, first fell into drugs after the death of his father when he was 17, the court heard. He was supported in court by his stepfather. Prosecutor Daniel Follon told the court Mortimer accosted his first victim in Claremont Road, Surbiton, early on January 15 last year as she walked home from work. She handed over her phone and purse. His second victim was held up at the Ace of Spades Shell garage late that evening, where Mortimer was spotted on CCTV. Holding a "long, kitchen knife", he robbed the woman of £250 she had just withdrawn from a cashpoint.
He committed the third robbery alongside Ochenowski. The pair trailed a woman from Surbiton station in a car, and pounced as she entered a block of flats. Mortimer left the car armed with a knife, which he held to the woman's face, cutting her cheek. She dropped her phone and bag, with which he escaped.
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