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A MAN who put his victim into a \u201csleeper\u201d chokehold that left him unconscious has been jailed after his victim spotted him by chance at hospital.<\/span>
\nJacob St-Clair, of no fixed address, has been sentenced to four years and eight months imprisonment today at Cardiff Crown Court after targeting Huw Thomson in order to take money from him.<\/span>
\nHe was caught after Mr Thomson bumped into him in hospital the next day when he<\/span>\u00a0was being treated for bruising to his knee and reddening to the neck that he sustained during the attack.<\/span>
\nProsecution lawyer, Rachel Knight, argued that \u201cvery significant force\u201d had been used by the 33-year-old when he choked Thomson. <\/span>
\nDespite there being no victim statement, Ms Knight told the court that it \u201cmust have been frightening\u201d for Thomson, causing him serious physical and psychological harm.<\/span>
\nThe robbery took place near Cardiff Magistrates’ Court in the early hours of Friday on January 19, where St-Clair dragged his victim into <\/span>Cemetery Park and placed him in a chokehold twice.
\nIt was only after regaining consciousness and returning home that Mr Thomson realised his card had been used to withdraw \u00a350 from a cashpoint on Clifton Street at 4.38am.
\nSt-Clair, who appeared via video link, was arrested on January 21 at the Huggard Centre, <\/span>a homeless centre where he occasionally lived.<\/span>
\nHe was also found guilty of contempt of court after repeatedly sticking his finger up at a police officer during a previous court appearance.<\/span>
\nJudge Michael Fitton QC cited St-Clair\u2019s \u201cterrible record of convictions\u201d dating back to 2004, including many for theft and violence. <\/span>
\nSt-Clair\u2019s more recent convictions include spitting at a police officer, and slapping someone on the buttocks and poking them in the eyes at the Huggard Centre.<\/span>
\nMitigating factors included St-Clair\u2019s army service, which had left him with post-traumatic stress disorder.<\/span>
\nSt-Clair joined his local regiment when he was a teenager and would later go on two 6-month tours of Afghanistan.<\/span>
\nIt was while in Afghanistan that St-Clair saw a colleague step onto an IED bomb, being blown up in his presence. Defending St-Clair, Eugene Egan, spoke of how his client had tended to this colleague as they breathed their last breath.<\/span>
\nMr Egan spoke of the \u201csignificant trauma\u201d that this incident had placed St-Clair under. <\/span>
\nIn sentencing, Judge Fitton QC determined that \u201csignificant force\u201d had been used in the attack on Mr Thomson.<\/span>
\nJudge Fitton QC sentenced St-Clair to four and a half years imprisonment for the attack and a further two months for contempt of court.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A MAN who put his victim into a \u201csleeper\u201d chokehold that left him unconscious has been jailed after his victim spotted him by chance at hospital. Jacob St-Clair, of no fixed address, has been sentenced to four years and eight months imprisonment today at Cardiff Crown Court after targeting Huw Thomson in order to take money from him. 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