Teenager stamped on stranger’s head after demanding cigarette
Robin Foster, 19, escaped the scene but was caught and jailed after someone recognised his Calvin Klein gilet.
CCTV footage shows the moment a teenager stamped on a stranger’s head in an ‘unprovoked’ attack after demanding a cigarette from him.
Robin Foster, 19, shouted ‘Yo mate!’ at the man before approaching him as he walked home after missing his last bus in Oldbury, West Midlands on August 27 last year.
The 34-year-old victim fled but Foster caught up with him after a mile and beat him outside a petrol station.
Foster escaped before emergency services arrived but has now been jailed after an anonymous individual recognised his Calvin Klein gilet and trouser chain from a police appeal.
He can be seen repeatedly kicking and stamping the victim while he curled up on the floor to protect himself and screamed to the garage’s cashier to call police.
The victim lost two teeth and suffered wounds on his forehead.
Foster, who was 18 at the time, was arrested at home in October.
On Tuesday he was sentenced to seven years and four months in prison after pleading guilty at Wolverhampton Crown Court at a previous hearing.
PC Andy Mimnagh, of West Midlands Police, said: ‘This was a brutal, shocking attack and from what we understand totally unprovoked.
‘The victim had missed his bus so started walking home when Foster called out to him. Seconds later he was under attack.
‘One customer at the petrol station thought they were play-fighting before seeing blood pouring from the man’s nose and mouth.
‘I wish the victim well for the future and hopefully, when Foster is eventually released, he will take advantage of help offered to him and create a brighter future.’
Chief Inspector Gill Davenport added: ‘Foster had no previous offences recorded against him; that should act as a clear warning to anyone who thinks random acts of violence are not taken seriously by the police or the courts.’
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