A conman has been jailed for robbery after luring a motorbike seller to Warrington and stealing his bike.
Anthony Price, 38, from Hale Drive, Speke appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Tuesday 13 May to be sentenced to 18 months in prison aftrer admitting robbery.
Price had contacted a man who was selling his green Kawasaki motorbike on Facebook Marketplace and eBay for £7,000. He said he was interested in purchasing the bike and suggested they meet up on Rushton Close in Warrington.
On the evening of 10 March the two men met, the victim having transported the bike in a van as it was a motocross bike and not street legal.
Price arrived dressed in hospital scrubs and said he worked at Warrington Hospital and lived on Rushton Close.
As the victim sat on his bike talking to Price, Price pushed him off his bike and the victim fell to the floor.
Price got on the bike and quickly rode away down a ginnel making his escape. The victim reported the robbery to police.
Officers from Warrington CID identified Price as the suspect through some exceptional detective work, and he was arrested on suspicion of robbery and later charged.
DC Martyn Huyton-Berry said: “Price went to great lengths to deceive the victim and gain his trust. Price didn’t work in the hospital and didn’t live on Rushton Close. He lured the victim to a town neither of them lived in with the sole purpose of stealing the bike.
“He tried to cover his tracks, but our investigation led to his door and we were able to prove his guilt.”
