A notorious Norwich offender has been jailed for a stand-off with police less than two years after a siege that saw him threaten to kill a woman with a carving knife.
Stephen Robbens, 55, pleaded guilty to affray after threatening officers with a table leg while holed-up for two-hours trying to avoid arrest.
Norwich Magistrates’ Court was told he also threatened to take other people hostage during the stand-off on March 7.
Appearing via video link from HMP Norwich, he also pleaded guilty to two charges of burglary and to breaches of post sentence supervision following his release from prison.
Robbens, who goes by the nickname ‘Strawberry’ and is known to have 19 aliases and four fake dates of birth, was jailed for 10 months in February 2022 following another siege that lasted several hours.
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On that occasion he threatened to cut a woman’s throat and told police negotiators he had handcuffed another and was armed with ammonia after refusing to leave a flat in Brewers Court.
It followed 67 previous convictions for a total of 237 offences and another occasion in 2015 when he sparked a manhunt involving a police helicopter and dogs on Mousehold Heath when wanted for recall to prison.
The court was told he had still been subject to court orders and probation supervision when he trespassed into Jollyes pet shop on Sweet Briar Retail Park with the intention of stealing on January 12.
He then also stole a power drill after walking into M&N Auto Services on Raynham Street on January 29.
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Gina Mattioli, mitigating, said both had been “unsophisticated thefts” where he had opportunistically grabbed items in incidents captured on CCTV.
She added that he was now seeking help and medication from prison services to address underlying issues.
Deputy District Judge Sundeep Pankhania jailed him for 28 weeks saying there was no option to suspend the sentence.
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