'Robbing people is not a normal by-product of bipolar disorder': Judge slams thief for using his condition to plea for leniency as he is jailed for his role in stealing £45,000 Rolex watch from underc
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'Robbing people is not a normal by-product of bipolar disorder': Judge slams thief for using his condition to plea for leniency as he is jailed for his role in stealing £45,000 Rolex watch from underc

Daily Mail  

A judge has slammed a thief who asked for leniency for his role in a theft of a £45,000 Rolex watch from an undercover police officer in a horror attack which left the victim 'fearing for his life'. The four masked robbers Khadir, Minhaj Hussain, 19, Abdi Hassan, 19, and Faysal Jelali, 19, targeted the officer in Soho, central London in the early hours of September 24. The four masked robbers Khadir, Minhaj Hussain, 19, Abdi Hassan, 19, and Faysal Jelali, 19, targeted the officer in Soho, central London in the early hours of September 24 The thieves stole a Rolex watch worth £45,000 from the undercover officer Mr Lewis said: 'Before then there had been an arrangement whereby an undercover officer, codenamed 'Baz', would linger in Soho wearing an expensive Rolex watch. 'Notwithstanding this was an undercover police officer this must have been a frightening incident, in which you preyed on a member of the public because he was wearing a very valuable watch valued at £45,000.

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