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‘Bat-wielding thugs rob delivery driver’
Two men, one waving a baseball bat, stole four pizzas from a delivery driver before running off with his car keys, a court has heard.
The pair were accused of being with another man who lured the Village Pizza driver to a car park near Hollywood Bowl, Tolworth. Nijaanth Navaratnarajah, 23, and Charles Sornalingham, 28, denied robbery when they appeared on trial at Kingston Crown Court this week. Mohammed Fayzi, manager of Village Pizza who gave evidence from behind a screen, said three men surrounded his car in Toby Way and began to demand the pizzas at about 1.30am on October 6, 2011.
Earlier the court heard the takeaway had its suspicions raised when two cards were declined over the phone before a £40 payment for the four 12-inch pizzas went through on the third try.
He told the courtroom how the men had told him not to ring the doorbell, but to call when he arrived as they did not want to wake up the family. The men then convinced him to roll down the passenger window, reaching in to unlock the car and rob the pizza bag from the back seat before they turned on him, he said. Mr Fayzi chased one of the robbers as the others fled in different directions calling 999 as he ran, the jury heard. Mr Navaratnarajah, of Sanger Avenue in Chessington, and Mr Sornalingham, of Malden Way, New Malden, could face prison if they are found guilty. The trial continues.
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