 and Tyrone Dean (right) were each jailed for 12 years (Picture: City of London Police) Two thieves who stabbed brave passers-by when they tried to thwart their mobile phone mugging spree have each been jailed for 12 years. Tyrone Dean, 24, and Louis Parkinson, 26, wore masks as they cycled around central London hunting for victims on October 6. Their 'brazen spree' started in Fitzrovia shortly after 9am, when one man was knifed in the arm while trying to claw his phone back, before they moved on to Bishopsgate. There they ripped another handset from someone's hand, but their escape plans were disrupted when several onlookers stepped in and tried to detain them. One woman, Alison Sanders, was stabbed in the arm by Dean, who also knifed courier Vladimiros Konstantinidis twice in the chest and once in the back, causing his lung to collapse. Another man Henry Charlton-Weedy needed 52 stitches and was also marked for life after being slashed in the face and left with a severe scar running from the top of his cheekbone to his mouth. They were among seven passers-by who were commended for their bravery by the judge, along with two first aiders. Heroes commended by judge for their 'great bravery and public spiritedness' The brave people who helped thwart the Bishopsgate mobile phone robbers and helped their injured victims have been commended and praised by a judge. Judge Benedict Kelleher said 'all of them showed great bravery and public spiritedness' and agreed with the prosecution that several people should receive a 'financial reward as might be deemed appropriate by way of a Sheriff's Award'. The judge awarded £750 to those who physically tried to intervene and £500 to the first-aiders. The commendations given to those who tried apprehend Parkinson and Dean included: – Matthew McEwen, who immediately tried to stop Dean when he saw he had stolen Nicholas Badger's mobile phone. He forced Dean off his bicycle and grappled with him to prevent his esc){kind=link}
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Two thieves who stabbed brave passers-by when they tried to thwart their mobile phone mugging spree have each been jailed for 12 years.
Tyrone Dean, 24, and Louis Parkinson, 26, wore masks as they cycled around central London hunting for victims on October 6.
Their ‘brazen spree’ started in Fitzrovia shortly after 9am, when one man was knifed in the arm while trying to claw his phone back, before they moved on to Bishopsgate.
There they ripped another handset from someone’s hand, but their escape plans were disrupted when several onlookers stepped in and tried to detain them.