Overview
- On December 24, 2025, Jordan Peebles, 32, carried out a knifepoint robbery at a shop in Riley Square, Bell Green, Coventry.
- He assaulted a staff member and threatened them with a large kitchen knife while taking goods from behind the counter.
- The shop worker escaped unharmed, lowered the shutters and locked Peebles inside as he struggled to force them open.
- Police arrived within minutes, secured the knife and arrested him after bodycam captured his pleas to be let out.
- At Warwick Crown Court he pleaded guilty to robbery and possession of a knife and received four years and four months in prison, as West Midlands Police released the footage and urged reports of shop thefts via 101 or online, with 999 for emergencies.