BILLY'S CRIME WAVE.BILLY has already had one Asbo, which was enforced in 2005. That came on the back of a conviction for stealing a woman's purse at the Centurion Bar deli, in Central Station. Armstrong sat behind his target, with his foot on her handbag. He then threw a scrap of paper scrap of paper pre-WWI Belgian neutrality; German disregard precipitated British involvement. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 450] See : Controversy on the floor and as he leant leant v. Chiefly British A past tense and a past participle of lean1. leant Verb a past of lean1 leant lean down to pick it up, delved in to steal a purse. Armstrong's lawyer Gregg Stephens told Newcastle Magistrates Court at the time his client did not enjoy prison and that he was turning his life around. But that did not put a stop to Armstrong's offending. In February 2007 he leant over the counter of the Coral betting shop betting shop Noun (in Britain) a licensed bookmaker's premises not on a racecourse Noun 1. betting shop - a licensed bookmaker's shop that is not at the race track in Hood Street and pinched a cash tray. And in May the same year, he wandered into Newcastle's St Mary's Cathedral and stole the car keys of voluntary Eucharist minister Margaret Howe, before fleeing in her car. Since then, he has continued offending. |
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