SNS GroupA serial thief has been jailed for 32 months after his latest attack on an elderly woman.
Abel Ghebrehiwret, 30, preyed on a 79-year-old woman in Glasgow’s Possilpark on July 21 this year.
Glasgow Sheriff Court heard how the woman uses a mobility scooter and had been to an ATM.
Prosecutor Gemma Barclay said: “Ghebrehiwret walked past her and turned back to watch [the woman] lift the cash and put it in her shoulder bag.”
The woman returned home but was followed by Ghebrehiwret.
Ms Barclay said: “At this time, Ghebrehiwret approached her from behind and took her bag.”
The attack caused the pensioner to fall from her mobility scooter chair to the ground.
Ghebrehiwret made off with the bag but was chased by a witness.
Ghebrehiwret dropped the bag, and all the contents were recovered.
He was later identified by CCTV, and officers arrested him at his home.
Ghebrehiwret pleaded guilty to assault and robbery.
The hearing was told that Ghebrehiwret has a string of previous convictions for assault and robbery.
Ghebrehiwret was jailed for two years in 2021 for mugging an 89-year-old woman.
He received another two-year sentence in 2025 for robbing a lone 86-year-old woman as she walked home from church.
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