Two drug addicts on bikes robbed a teenager of a new X-Box as he carried it home from the shops.
Dundee Sheriff Court heard James Beneyad, 18, bought the console and two games with money his mother had given him as an early Xmas present moments before the robbery.
Mr Beneyad carried the items from Games and computer vouchers, worth a total of £239.99, home in a clear plastic bag on December 2 last year.
He then saw Steven Mitchell, 27, and James Barnie, 31, cycle towards him on Cotton Road and pull up next to him on their bikes.
Fiscal depute Eilidh Robertson said: “Accused Barnie said ‘give me your X-Box’ and the complainer said ‘get lost’.
“They followed him to Dens Road and Barnie grabbed the bag. There was a struggle over the bag and it burst.”
Barnie grabbed the X-Box and Mr Beneyad punched him on the face in a bid to get him to drop it.
The three then struggled and Mr Beneyad was held in a headlock by Mitchell before falling to the ground.
The fiscal continued “Barnie made off on his bike with the X-Box, two games and vouchers and Mitchell followed.
“The complainer ran home and told his mum. He was bleeding from the lip and knuckle area from where he had punched Barnie.”
The incident was reported to police and both accused were traced later.
During police interview they both told officers they sold the X-Box to “a man named John” for £100.
Solicitor Anika Jethwa, for Barnie, and Paul Parker Smith, Mitchell, both told the court that each of their clients were drug addicts on methadone prescriptions.
Miss Jethwa said Barnie had also taken illicit drugs on top of this before the offence.
Barnie, a prisoner of Perth, admitted assaulting James Beneyad by following him, demanding a games console, seizing hold of a bag, struggling with him, causing him to fall to the ground, all to his injury.
Mitchell, a prisoner of Perth, admitted assaulting James Beneyad by placing him in a headlock, to his injury.
Barnie and Mitchell admitted robbing Mr Beneyad of a games console, two computer games and a booklet of computer vouchers, on Cotton Road and Dens Road, on December 2 last year.
Sheriff Tom Hughes said: “This is an appalling offence.
“You are two thugs preying on young people. He went to the shops to spend his money and you thought it was OK just to take from him.
“The court has to protect innocent people.”
Both Barnie and Mitchell were jailed for 27 months each, and their bikes were forfeited.
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