A Brighton builder has been jailed for more than five years for helping rob a security van in Hove where the driver was threatened with an axe.
The van was robbed in Conway Street, Hove, on Monday 19 November last year by men who fled on scooters and Marli Casaletto was arrested later that day
On Monday (22 July) he pleaded guilty to robbery and two counts of handling stolen goods and the next day he was given five years for robbery with a 12-month concurrent sentence for handling stolen goods.
He was also given a further one month sentence for breaching a suspended sentence for an unrelated matter.
The robbery happened at 1.20pm when two boxes containing more than £20,000 in cash were stolen from a security van crew member, who was threatened with an axe but not assaulted.
The robbers left on white Lambretta-style scooters.
Casaletto, 25, a builder, of Uplands Road, Hollingdean, was arrested on Monday 19 November and charged five days later.
Detective Constable Lee-Ann Doubell said: “Casaletto has admitted his involvement in this case which left a security van worker extremely shaken.
“The others involved have not been identified and anyone with further information is urged to get in touch.
“We are working very hard to keep Brighton and Hove a safe place and I’m pleased Casaletto has been put behind bars.”
