Man robbed as he left city nightclub filming on phone

CULPRITS TOLD VICTIM HE'D HAVE TO PAY £300 TO GET MOBILE BACK

- By MARK NAYLOR

A YOUNG reveller who had been out at a nightclub in the early hours was suddenly confronted in the street by a menacing group of men who repeatedly attacked him and stole his mobile phone.

The terrified victim begged them to give him his phone back but he was viciously punched again and was told that he would have to pay £300 if he wanted it back, Hull Crown Court heard.

The ringleader, Ramy Abdelgader, 19, of Princes Avenue, west Hull, but recently in custody on remand, admitted robbery on August 10. He pleaded guilty on the day of a scheduled trial.

Holly Thompson, prosecuting, said that the young man left the Atik nightclub in the Waterfront area of Hull city centre at about 3am and walked down Princes Dock Street. He filmed the area where he was to pinpoint it for others who might want to know where he was.

A group of three men, including Abdelgader, approached him in the Whitefriargate area. Abdelgader pushed him, asked him what he was filming on his phone and repeatedly hit him to his head.