Jailed: Disabled armed robber who held up two shops before getting caught trying to escape on his...

Armed robber Kevin Staples was apprehended after makng his slow escape on a zimmer frame A disabled armed robber who held up two shops was caught as he made his escape on a zimmer frame, a court heard. Kevin Staples, 59, was detained by a security guard as he slowly shuffled away from one of the stores he held up. He had hobbled up to the counter at the gift shop Past Times, produced a 12-inch bread knife and demanded the cashier empty the till. Staples, who suffers from severe arthritis, back problems and needs a hip replacement, then tried to lunge towards the till. But when the shop assistant shouted at him he carefully put the weapon in a bag hanging on his zimmer frame before hobbling out. The slow-moving robber was caught by bemused security guards before he could limp out of the shopping centre in Crawley, West Sussex.... [read full story]