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Patrick Cassidy. Image via Thames Valley Police A MAN who threatened an elderly couple with a knife in their Slough home has had an appeal to overturn his 15-year prison sentence thrown out. Patrick Cassidy, formerly of Stanborough Avenue, Borhamwood, told the man and woman to hand over money and gold when he broke into their house in November 2019. Despite this, Cassidy left empty-handed and fled, but police caught him a short distance away from the property. The crook had been in prison prior to this, and escaped from HMP Hollesey in August 2019 when he was found to be missing at th...

James Devlin. Picture: Thames Valley Police A MAN who threatened two pensioners with knives and demanded gold and money from them has been jailed. James Devlin, aged 19, of Kingsmill Drive, Northolt, Ealing, admitted the offence in a hearing at Reading Crown Court on Wednesday (January 13). Returning to the same court for sentencing on Friday (January 15), Devlin was sentenced to a total of eight years and two months’ imprisonment. Police said at just before 9pm on November 17, 2019, two masked men forced their way into the home of the victims in Bradley Road, Slough. The force ad...