Overview
- Lewis Phillips, 32, was sentenced to three years at Warwick Crown Court on April 20 for two robberies against elderly women in Coventry.
- In September 2025, he snatched a handbag from a 78-year-old with Alzheimer’s on Postbridge Road, forcing her to the ground and causing a head injury.
- Three days later on Woodstock Road, he lunged for another woman’s bag, and patrolling officers detained him nearby with a victim’s bus pass on him.
- Police said family members traced stolen items from the first attack using a tracking device hidden in the handbag, and CCTV showed Phillips stalking his victims.
- Detective Sergeant Jay Aston condemned the attacks and credited witnesses, the victims’ families, and officers for rapid identification that moved the case quickly to court.