A Stockton man has admitted robbing a man outside a bank.
Lee Raw, 34, appeared at Teesside Crown Court yesterday where he pleaded guilty to the robbery of a mobile phone from his victim outside the Santander Bank on Stockton High Street on November 30 last year.
He made the admission at his first appearance at a preliminary hearing, which should give him the credit for a reduced sentence.
His lawyer Alex Bousfield told the judge: “According to sentencing guidelines the sentence might lie between 12 and 18 months, and that could be considered for suspension.”
The judge Recorder Recorder Bernard Gateshill QC told Raw: “You have pleaded guilty to a serious matter and I have to warn you that you are facing a sentence of imprisonment for this offence.
“I think that there should be a full pre-sentence report.”
Raw, of Campbell Court, Portrack, Stockton, was released on extended bail until sentence on January 26.
The court ordered that he must remain on a tagged curfew which runs from 7pm to 7am.
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