Jail for tasered cash van robber

A man has been jailed for six years for robbing a cash-in-transit van in west Belfast last November.

William Francis Evans, 28, of no fixed address, was carrying a foot-long kitchen knife during the robbery at the Park Centre, Belfast Crown Court heard.

As he ran off, he was cornered by police and shot with a Taser stun gun.

Jailing Evans, the judge said he received a five-year sentence in 2005 for acting as a getaway driver in another security van robbery.

A prosecuting lawyer earlier told the court Evans had confronted a security guard who was bringing a cash box back to his van.

Drunk

Evans brandished his knife and threatened to kill the guard, who lifted the cash box to defend himself and received a cut to his thumb.

After his arrest by police who had been lying in wait, Evans was too drunk to be interviewed for a considerable time.

He claimed he had been drinking at a party and the robbery was an impulse decision.

He also claimed that he was carrying the knife up his sleeve for his own protection after previous assaults but later pleaded guilty to robbery and possessing an offensive weapon in public.

The judge said the crime was made worse by the fact that Evans "was not only willing to carry a weapon for whatever reason, but to produce and threaten to use it".

He said a "substantial period of imprisonment is fully merited".

Upon his release from prison, Evans will spend a further 18 months on probation.

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