Judge tells teen robber his 'luck has run out'

A TEENAGE robber with a string of previous convictions has been told by a judge that his “luck has run out”.

- JASON EVANS Court and crime reporter

A masked Cameron Rees was one of two teens who stole an electric bike from a residential care home shortly after he had been given a community order for burglary.

A judge at Swansea Crown Court told the 18-year-old defendant it was time he realised there are consequences for committing offences.

Hannah George, prosecuting, told the court that at lunchtime on September 3 this year a member of staff at a residential centre in Caewern in Neath looked out of his office window and saw two youths lifting an electric bike belonging to one of the residents over the garden wall.

The staff member rushed outside and Rees - whose face was covered - turned to him face him, squared up to him, and said: “Come on. You know what. Let’s have you.”

The court heard that the centre employee could see Rees was holding his right hand down by his side but could not see if the masked man was holding anything in it but he feared he was about to be struck.