A robber who tore gold earrings from an elderly woman in the street has been jailed.
Inderjit Singh Dhaliwal, pictured, ripped the jewellery from the ear of his 66-year-old victim while she was walking in Church Hill Street, Smethwick , at around 2pm on May 26.
He followed the pensioner off a bus from the High Street before grabbing her earrings and leaving her injured.
Dhaliwal then jumped on another bus which the victim and her friend managed to flag down.
But as they tried to approach him, he pushed past and knocked one of them down before fleeing from the vehicle.
Dhaliwal, of Bearwood Road in Bearwood, was identified and arrested in July following a CCTV appeal.
The 40-year-old pleaded guilty to robbery and assault and was jailed for two years and ten months at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Friday, August 11.
Detective Constable Sarah Forster, from West Midlands Police Force CID, said: “This was a particularly nasty robbery where the victim not only suffered the trauma of having her sentimental earrings taken but the pain of having them ripped off.
“Thanks to the help of the public we were able to identify Dhalilwal and make sure he faced justice.
“He will now have time behind bars and hopefully reflect on the suffering he caused the victim both emotionally and physically.”
