Addict Lived On The Street
Newcastle Herald
Saturday February 16, 2008
A DRUG addict who committed two hold-ups armed with a syringe, one filled with his own blood, had been living on the street when the offences took place, a court heard yesterday.
Luis Falk-Meyn, 19, formerly of Mayfield, has pleaded guilty in Newcastle District Court to two counts of robbery armed with an offensive weapon.On May 24 last year, he took $400 after threatening a female shop assistant at Shah's Supa Save Store at Adamstown. Four days later, Falk-Meyn stole $1060 in cash after threatening the female shop assistant at the Adamstown Friendly Grocer with a blood-filled syringe. Her father, the store's owner, chased him from the shop.The court heard at his sentencing hearing yesterday that Falk-Meyn was on a bond at the time of the offences, which took place within a fortnight of him being released from jail.The matter was adjourned to next Thursday.
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