A TEENAGER launched a violent robbery on a social club volunteer, targeting the key holder as he locked up the premises for the night.
Dean McHugh was with an unknown accomplice when they threatened to stab the 47-year-old as he made his way home after securing The Baize Club, in Park South.
The 19-year-old and his partner assaulted him and then marched him back to the Horsham Crescent club in the early hours of July 16.
When McHugh, of Mazurek Way, Hayden End, appeared at Swindon Crown Court he admitted robbery.
Paul Campbell, the volunteer key holder at the club, had locked up for the night when he was attacked in the street by at least two men.
He was punched and kicked a number of times by his attackers and pinned to the ground before his keys were taken from his pocket.
The pair threatened him and one of the thugs said “Be quiet or we are going to stab you” before they walked him back to the club, telling him to hurry up or he would be stabbed.
Once there, they got him to open the doors and disable the alarm before they went to the bar.
They then got him to open the safe, again saying he would be stabbed in the neck if he wasn’t quick.
He was then told to sit down in the bar area while they emptied the safe of about £315 in cash and also took Mr Campbell’s keys and mobile phone from him.
The pair then left him in the bar, where he used the club’s phone to contact the police and report the robbery.
As a result of the attack he had blood pouring from a cut near his right eye and bruising around the other.
McHugh was caught after his DNA was found on the victim’s clothing. When he was questioned he denied any involvement in the offence.
But after he pleaded guilty the court was told that he was facing a number of charges at York Crown Court.
Hannah Squire, prosecuting, said he had pleaded guilty to another charge of robbery and was also accused of grievous bodily harm with intent and escape from lawful custody.
Kevin Marland, defending, asked for the court to request those matters to be brought to Wiltshire as his client had no family in the north of England.
But Judge Euan Ambrose said a request had been made to transfer the Swindon offence to York where he would face sentence in due course.
He remanded McHugh in custody to appear before a judge at York Crown Court as one of the cases there involves a co-defendant.
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