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Drug-fuelled thug tried to rob £5,000 Rolex watch
Manchester Evening News|October 23, 2024
A COCAINE and vodka-fuelled robber committed a 'campaign' of crime after being offered support when he arrived in the UK on a small boat.
- ANDREW BARDSLEY
Drug-fuelled thug tried to rob £5,000 Rolex watch

Ossama Tagercift, 28, arrived in the country from Algeria in 2022. He was given a place to stay in a hotel while his asylum claim was being processed, but he lost that accommodation after being jailed for burgling a house, Manchester Crown Court heard.

Tagercift then went on to carry out two robberies, an attempted robbery and an attempted theft with accomplices as part of a 'targeted campaign of distraction and diversion ploys, prosecutor Jamie Baxter said.

He and another man tried to steal their victim's £5,000 Rolex watch on one occasion, while on another a man was robbed of a £2,500 chain.

Tagercift has now been jailed for three years and nine months and faces deportation after serving his sentence.

This story is from the October 23, 2024 edition of Manchester Evening News.

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