Violent robber jailed for brutal car-jacking and £20k Tesco raid fails to get sentence cut
A thug locked up for a brutal car-jacking and a £20,000 raid on Tesco can have no complaints about his tough sentence, top judges have ruled.
Chad Davis, aged 25, was handed a seven-year jail term at Wolverhampton Crown Court last August after he admitted two counts of robbery.
Davis' first crime occurred around dawn on January 14, 2014, as his victim, aged 39, was getting into her car to go to work.
He and his accomplice dragged her from the vehicle and grabbed her keys, although the woman courageously resisted. One of the attackers then shoved her to the ground before speeding off in her car.
Two weeks later, the same car was used as the getaway vehicle after a raid.
Security guards were collecting cash from Tesco in Bristnall Road, Oldbury, when Davis and his accomplice snatched £20,000.
Davis, of Higgins Walk, Smethwick, challenged his sentence at London's Appeal Court in Tuesday, claiming it was far too tough. But Mr Justice William Davis pointed to the traumatic impact on the carjacking victim who was haunted by her ordeal.
The judge, sitting with Lady Justice Sharp and Judge Sarah Munro QC, ruled Davis' sentence was justified and dismissed his appeal.
After the original sentencing, Dc Derek Cole said: "The actions of these two were completely unacceptable and it is pleasing that they have been handed lengthy sentences behind bars.
"The car-jacking victim continues to be haunted by what happened that day."
