Robber jailed for attacking woman on her way home

A violent robber who attacked a woman as she walked home from work has been jailed for 14 months.

Petrica Mustafa, 30, grabbed his victim, a woman in her 40s, on the waterfront in downtown Peterborough on April 6 and pushed her to the ground, police said.

He grabbed her handbag and pulled violently until the strap broke before running off, leaving the woman in shock.

Mustafa, of St Pauls Road, New England, Peterborough, was charged with robbery and appeared at Peterborough Crown Court on Friday where he was sentenced to prison.

Officers managed to use data from the woman’s Apple Watch to track the movements of her cellphone, and the case was found discarded on the shore under a surveillance camera.

Through analysis of footage, Mustafa was tracked down and shown emerging from nearby bushes, where officers later found the woman’s handbag and the contents of her handbag.

Further phone tracing led officers to the Lincoln Road area of ​​Millfield where they located Mustafa and a woman who confirmed the stolen mobile phone was at her home address.

Det Constable Guiste, of Cambridgeshire Police, said: “While it does not make the matter any less concerning, I would like to reassure the public that incidents of this nature are rare in Peterborough.”

In a statement given to the courts, the victim said: “At the time of the incident I was on my way home from work – this is something I do every day and have done for years. “There has never been a reason for me to leave feeling insecure about such a mundane task.

“After the incident I felt completely sick to my stomach. When I close my eyes, I replay it in my mind. I feel myself looking back and see him walking behind me. I think, what could I have done differently to prevent something like this from happening to me?”

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