THIS is the shocking moment a DPD delivery driver is attacked by a violent phone thief in broad daylight.
Dashcam footage shows the moment Demetri Draco pounced on the innocent courier, who was just trying to do his job.
Derbyshire PoliceDraco pinned the delivery driver to the floor outside a Derby home in June[/caption]
Derbyshire PoliceThe thief attacked from behind and placed the DPD worked in a chokehold[/caption]
Derbyshire PoliceDraco was arrested at a Nottingham property a short time later[/caption]
The 32-year-old approaches the worker from behind and puts him in a chokehold.
The pair grapple before Draco pins the delivery driver to the ground and steals a phone package.
He appears to knee the DPD employee in the face before fleeing the scene on foot.
The chaotic scene unfolded outside a property in Green Lane, Derby, in June.
Cops were able to track down the thug using dashcam footage and he was found at an address in Nottingham.
Officers arrested him on suspicion of robbery and he pleaded guilty to the offence at Derby Crown Court.
A judge sentenced the defendant to 15 months in jail for the attack.
This comes as other shocking robberies have been caught on camera across the UK.
Dramatic footage showed the moment a female gang, including a pregnant woman, allegedly stole perfume worth thousands of pounds.
CCTV from the shop in East London shows the group appearing to swipe the expensive goods in a brazen daylight raid.
The four women, including the mum-to-be, are being sought by cops after the alleged shoplifting spree at the pharmacy in Mile End.
Footage shared with The Sun appears to show the group breaking open a cabinet door.
They then appear to stash dozens of Dior perfumes and premium gift sets in a Bag For Life.
One of the quartet looks to have walked off swiftly as a member of staff confronted them.
But the rest of the group are accused of shoving a teenage shop assistant and sprinting away.
Elsewhere, CCTV captured the moment a gang of robbers crashed a stolen Jaguar into a cop car.
Two men and a 14-year-old boy stole the £25,000 motor and threatened a 76-year-old classic car owner with a hammer before the collision.
Norman O’Connor, Colin Miller and a 14-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, brazenly pinched cash from the man’s pockets during the horrific burglary.
Threatening the man with a hammer, the gang of three stole his vintage Jaguar after raiding his home.
They then wrote off the vehicle, which was driving at speed with the lights switched off, in a head-on crash with a police car.
Derbyshire PoliceThe pair wrestled as Draco tried to steal the phone[/caption]
Derbyshire PoliceThe 32-year-old fled the scene after kicking his victim[/caption] Published: [#item_custom_pubDate]
