Woman, 31, who mugged her OAP partner on bus and called him ‘dirty dog' in terrifying broad daylight attack is jailed
VILE ABUSE Woman, 31, who mugged her OAP partner on bus and called him 'dirty dog' in terrifying broad daylight attack is jailed
A WOMAN who mugged her OAP partner on a bus and called him a "dirty dog" in the terrifying broad daylight attack has been jailed.
Katie Bland turned violent against her partner and a woman trying to help - telling her she would "knock her jaw off".
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Bland, 31, is from Greetland, West Yorkshire
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Katie Bland turned violent against her partner and a woman trying to help
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Bland, 31, from Greetland, West Yorkshire, and the victim - a man in his 70s - had a tumultuous relationship that reached its boiling point on January 6 this year.
Prosecutor Nathan Davis told Bradford Crown Court on Friday: "He left after an argument and she would call him and be abusive and ask for money."
At around 4pm, Bland discovered he was at a bus station in Halifax and travelled to him where she called him a racist word and a "dirty dog".
She then proceeded to grab him by the collar of his coat and throw him around as she cruelly demanded cash.
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The pensioner offered Bland £20 - but she wanted his bank card.
She then became aggressive when he refused to hand it over, instead offering the alternative of going to a cash point together to withdraw money.
It was on the journey she became more violent and began kicking him in the leg and screaming at him.
A woman who was witnessing the horror abuse then tried to intervene but Bland turned on her - grabbing her by the scarf and threatening to "knock her jaw off" if she "didn't shut the f*** up".
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Bland then continued to assault the elderly man and even managed to withdraw £40 from his bank account before cops showed up.
She was arrested and answered "no comment" in her interview.
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Bland went on to admit robbery, assault by beating, fraud and blackmail.
In his statement, the man said he has "never been so depressed or worried" in all of his life.
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His statement, read by prosecutor Nathan Davis, said: "I wake up and don't know how she is going to be.
"I get abused daily. I lost all of my friends for my relationship.
"My friends have told me what she is like and asks for money to buy drugs.
"'Her behaviour is the last weeks has become worse. It has affected me to the point I want to give up with life.
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"I never want to come home due to the mess she has left in my house."
The court heard how Bland, who appeared over a video link from HMP New Hall, had previous convictions on her record.
She was actually the subject of a suspended sentence for another robbery at the time she committed those she fell to be sentenced for on Friday.
Mitigating, Shila Whitehead, said: "What she tells me is she has been in custody since January.
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"She said she is aware her behaviour towards him was unacceptable and she is willing to accept help
"She accepts at the time of committing these offences she was using drugs and was heavily dependant on them."
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