The victim was confronted by masked men when she opened the door to a woman needing help
A woman was beaten and kidnapped in front of her young granddaughter when a masked gang forced their way into her home on Christmas Day.
Gary Groves, 55, of Jean Walk, Fazakerley, was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court on Friday, June 23. He is the third person to be jailed for this incident and was found guilty of robbery following a trial last month, the Liverpool Echo reports. The victim didn't know and hadn't met Howitt before when she knocked on the door in the dark. The two masked men then burst in.
She desperately fought him and was punched again, her head hit against the car and on the ground - showering the boot in blood - before Hayes threw her into the car through the passenger door, got in the driver's seat, and sped off. Hayes was searched and as he was turned over, jewellery fell out of his jacket. More jewellery and the knife was found strewn inside the Audi.
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